Next time you need a sweet treat for breakfast, skip the bakery, and make these incredible sticky buns from scratch! They are way better than anything you can buy pre-made. My mother-in-law found this recipe on Goodhousekeeping.com and she was sweet enough to share it with me.
Ingredients:
1/4 cup plus 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, packed
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 Tablespoons honey
9 Tablespoons melted butter, divided
3/4 cup pecans, toasted and chopped
2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
Directions:
- Pre heat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Spray 9-inch metal cake pan with Pam cooking spray.
- To make filling, combine 1/4 cup brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Set aside.
- To make topping, combine honey, 1/3 cup brown sugar and 2 Tablespoons butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook until mixture is blended and smooth, stirring occasionally.
- Pour topping into prepared pan and sprinkle evenly with pecans. Set aside.
- To make dough, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
- In a separate small bowl, mix together buttermilk with 5 Tablespoons butter.
- With a spoon, stir buttermilk mixture into flour mixture just until liquid is absorbed.
- Turn dough onto floured surface and knead 8-10 times or just until smooth (about 30 seconds).
- Coat hands generously with flour and pat dough into 9×12-inch rectangle.
- Brush dough with 1 Tablespoon butter, then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar filling, covering dough completely, from end to end.
- Starting at one short end, roll up dough jelly-roll fashion.
- With seam side down, carefully slice dough crosswise into 8 slices.
- Place each slice, cut side down, on pecan mixture in pan.
- Brush tops of dough with remaining melted butter.
- Bake 25-30 minutes or until just golden.
- Remove pan from oven and immediately place serving plate over top of pan and invert buns on to plate. Allow topping to run down sides.
- Remove baking pan and cool buns 10 minutes before serving.
