Sticky Buns

Submitted by MrsSPheonix

"I finally found a copy of the "America the Beautiful" cookbook, & this is one of my favorite recipes from it... these disappear very quickly! I am guessing on the prep time, but it does include resting & rising times for the dough."

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 18 rolls

ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 (7 g) package dry yeast
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 cup mashed potatoes
• 5 1⁄2 cups plain flour, more if needed
• 1 3⁄4 cups unsalted butter
• 2 1⁄2 cups brown sugar, tightly packed
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1⁄2 cups pecans, chopped (substitute walnuts if preferred)

directions

1. Scald milk and cool to lukewarm, then stir in sugar, salt and yeast.
2. Stand for 2 minutes.
3. Beat in the eggs, potato and 1½ cups of the flour until just mixed.
4. Stand for 10 minutes.
5. Melt ½ cup of butter, cool to lukewarm, and after the 10 minutes has elapsed mix the butter into the yeast mixture.
6. Stir in the remaining flour 1 cup at a time, until dough is smooth and not sticky.
7. Knead for 10 minutes until smooth and elastic, adding more flour if needed.
8. Transfer to a greased bowl, cover and let rise until tripled in size, about 3 hours.
9. Melt another ½ cup of butter.
10. Divide dough in half and roll each piece into a ¼ inch thick rectangle and brush with the melted butter.
11. Combine ½ cup brown sugar with the cinnamon and sprinkle on each piece of dough.
12. Roll up like a jelly roll and slice into 1” pieces (9 per roll, 18 total).
13. Melt the remaining butter (3/4 cup) and add 2 cups brown sugar in a saucepan over a medium heat and pour the mixture into a greased pan.
14. (Recipe suggests 2 x 8-inch square pans, but I have also used one large roasting pan) Sprinkle the nuts evenly over the sugar mixture and place rolls flat side down.
15. Cover and let rise again until doubled, about 1 hour.
16. Preheat oven to 180c.
17. Cook rolls until golden brown, about 25-30 minutes.
18. Invert rolls onto a plate as soon as they come out of the oven so the caramel runs over the tops.
19. Best served warm.

Reviews

[rontaylor1998]

Followed recipe to the letter. Not the sticky buns I remember. Not bad, but the special spice flavor wsn't there, nor was the "droolong" caramel. They also have a tendancy to dry out quickly, so if not eat soon after coming out of the oven, left-overs do not keep well. Will try another.