Orange Pecan Sticky Buns

A friend of mine gave me this recipe. I am not sure where I she got it from but these sticky buns are delicious and very simple. The refrigerated biscuits really cut back alot of time. I have posted some pictures to demonstrate the forming of the buns. I always sprinkle a couple of extra pecans on top of the buns before baking just because I like the little extra crunch.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 10 sticky buns

Ingredients

• 3  tablespoons butter, softened (not melted)
• 3  tablespoons  finely chopped pecans
• 1  tablespoon  grated orange zest
• 1  tablespoon honey
• 1 (12 ounce) can  refrigerated pillsbury butter tasting  biscuits
• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup  orange juice
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Heat oven to 400.
2. In small bowl, combine margarine, 1 tablespoon chopped pecans, orange zest and honey; mix well. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons chopped pecans in bottom of 8 or 9 in square baking pan.
3. Separate dough into ten biscuits.
4. Separate each biscuit into 2 layers.
5. Spread top of 10 biscuit halves with 1 teaspoon of orange honey mixture.
6. Top each with remaining biscuit halves and press together to form 10 filled biscuits. Seal edges.
7. In a gentle manner, pull then twist each biscuit with your hands about 4-5 times to form 3 1/2 inch twisted rope (kind of like wringing out wet clothes but in a gentle way). Once this is done, wrap the rope around your finger and place formed rolls in baking pan.
8. In a small saucepan, combine sugar, orange juice and vanilla.
9. Cook over high hear until sugar is melted and syrup begins to boil, stirring constantly. Spoon over rolls.
10. Bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
11. Cool in pan 2 minutes, invert onto serving plate. serve warm.