Sticky Buns
12 servings40 min prep28 min cookMedium
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The Tale of Sticky Buns
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Sticky buns, coated in caramelized sugar and often pecans, likely developed from Central European and Pennsylvania Dutch baking traditions brought by German immigrants, evolving alongside similar sweet rolls like cinnamon buns in American bakeries.
Ingredients
Scale:· 12 servings
- 1 cup warm milk
- 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup melted butter, divided
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp cinnamon mixed with 1/2 cup brown sugar, for filling
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 1/4 cup corn syrup, melted together, for the pan
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- 1Stir yeast and sugar into warm milk; let sit until foamy.
- 2Whisk in egg and 3 tbsp melted butter, then stir in flour and salt.
- 3Knead 8 minutes and let rise 1 hour, until doubled.
- 4Pour the melted brown sugar mixture into a pan and scatter pecans over it.
- 5Roll dough into a rectangle, brush with remaining butter, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar, roll up, and slice into 12 rounds.
- 6Arrange in the pan, let rise 30 minutes, then bake at 350°F for 25-28 minutes and invert while warm.
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