Easy Honeycomb Sticky Buns Recipes

EASY STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Grease a 9x13-inch metal baking pan; set aside.
• In a small saucepan, stir milk, sugar, and butter together. Heat over low heat just until butter melts and sugar dissolves. Cool to about 100-105 F.
• Pour the milk mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer.
• Add the yeast and warm water.
• Add 2 cups flour and salt to yeast mixture. Using a dough hook, mix on low speed for about 1 minute.
• With the mixer still going, add remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time. Mix about 1 ½ minutes, or until dough starts to clean the sides of the bowl.
• Knead on low speed for about 2 more minutes, or until dough is smooth and elastic - the dough will still be slightly sticky to the touch.
• Place dough in a greased bowl, turning it to grease the top. Cover the dough with a clean, dry dish towel.
• Let it rise in a warm place, free from draft, for about 10 minutes.
• While dough is rising, prepare the topping.
• Whisk melted butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, corn syrup, and salt together in medium bowl until smooth.
• Add water and whisk until combined.
• Pour mixture into prepared pan. If necessary, tilt pan to get mixture to cover pan. Sprinkle evenly with pecans, if using. Set aside.
• Turn the dough onto a floured surface, and roll into a 12x16-inch rectangle.
• Stir filling ingredients together, and spread over dough. Since the filling is a little crumbly, I gently press it into the dough to help it stick.
• Roll dough up lengthwise, pinching seam to seal.
• Cut into 12 pieces, and place over topping in prepared baking dish. I use a serrated knife to cut the dough.
• Cover the baking dish with the dish towel, and let the dough rise for about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 F.
• Bake at 20-25 minutes, or until the rolls are golden brown.
• Tent with aluminum foil, and continue to bake for an additional 10-15 minutes, or until baked through.
• Let the sticky buns cool in pan for 5 minutes.
• Place a serving dish over the pan, and carefully invert pan. Be careful as topping will be hot.
• Remove pan, and replace any topping that has fallen off.
• Let buns sit 10-15 minutes before serving.

EASY STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place a 12-cup standard muffin tin on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the 12 tablespoons butter and 1/3 cup brown sugar. Place 1 rounded tablespoon of the mixture in each of the 12 muffin cups. Distribute the pecans evenly among the 12 muffin cups on top of the butter and sugar mixture.
• Lightly flour a wooden board or stone surface. Unfold 1 sheet of puff pastry with the folds going left to right. Brush the whole sheet with the melted butter. Leaving a 1-inch border on the puff pastry, sprinkle each sheet with 1/3 cup of the brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons of the cinnamon, and 1/2 cup of the raisins. Starting with the end nearest you, roll the pastry up snugly like a jelly roll around the filling, finishing the roll with the seam side down. Trim the ends of the roll about 1/2-inch and discard. Slice the roll in 6 equal pieces, each about 1 1/2 inches wide. Place each piece, spiral side up, in 6 of the muffin cups. Repeat with the second sheet of puff pastry to make 12 sticky buns.
• Bake for 30 minutes, until the sticky buns are golden to dark brown on top and firm to the touch. Be careful - they're hot! Allow to cool for 5 minutes only, invert the buns onto the parchment paper (ease the filling and pecans out onto the buns with a spoon) and cool completely.