Sticky Buns

We've all had them, whether we liked or not, but who wouldn't like stick buns? Anyways there are wonderful canned sticky buns but why make something that's canned when you can make something homemade, that's my motto. Here's the best part they're easy to make and every time I make these people go crazy for them.

8 tablespoons of butter ( 1 stick ) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/3 cup of brown sugar ( I like light brown sugar, but either works. )
1/2 cup of pecans, chopped
1 package of frozen puff pastry, defrosted.

For the Filling

2 tablespoons of unsalted butter, meted and cooled
2/3 cup of brown sugar
3 teaspoons of cinnamon

Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees

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 8 tablespoons of butter and 1/3 cup of brown sugar. Mix until well incorporated, a couple of minutes. Place an even amount of the mixture in side the muffin cups. Distribute the pecans evenly among the butter sugar mixture. ( I buy the small bag of pecans that are already chopped ).

Lightly flour a counter top. Unfold one puff pastry onto the floured board. Make sure the folds are going left to right. Brush the whole sheet with the melted butter, leaving a 1-inch border around the entire sheet. Sprinkle each sheet with 1/3 cup of brown sugar, and 1.5 teaspoons of cinnamon. Starting with the end nearest to you, roll the pastry up, snugly, finishing with the seam side down. Cut off about 1/2 inch off each end and discard. Slice the roll into 6 equal parts each about 1.5 inches wide. Place 6 into the butter sugar mixture inside the muffin tin. Repeat with second puff pastry until all 12 sticky buns are complete.

Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool for around 5 minutes ( don't wait to long because they will begin to stick to the pan ) and put onto the parchment paper that you baked them on. The pecans will likely stick to the bottom, ease them out with spoon and put on top of the stick buns.


Serve warm