Sticky Buns

These are our annual Christmas morning treat. They are easy to make in a bread machine.

Dough:
  • 1/4 c. water
  • 3/4 c. milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 c. shortening (butter)
  • 3 1/2 c. flour
  • 1/4 c. sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast
Filling:
  • about 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 c. sugar
Glaze:
  • 1/3 c. butter
  • 1/2 c. brown sugar
  • 1 tbsp corn syrup
  • 1/2 c. pecans (optional)
Place dough ingredients in bread machine. Set the bread machine to "dough" cycle. Once done, let it sit in the bread machine for another hour or so for flakier rolls.

Heat oven to 375F. Roll out dough into a large rectangular sheet, about 1/4" thick.

To make the glaze, mix all the ingredients in a pan and bring to a boil. Pour into the bottom of the baking dish. [I use a small 9x11 dish; the white baking dish is too large.] Sprinkle nuts on top of glaze.

Spread butter from Filling ingredients over dough. Mix cinnamon and sugar and spread over buttered dough. Sometimes I mix brown and white sugar, instead of just white sugar. Roll the dough up into a log, rolling along the longer edge. Cut dough log into 1" sections and place these in the baking dish. Bake for 25-30 minutes. When done, immediately remove rolls from the oven and flip onto a serving tray. If you wait they will be stuck to the pan, but you can warm the bottom of the pan on the stove to heat the glaze up again. Print Friendly and PDF