Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 1/2 cup pecans, chopped in very large pieces
- 1 package (17.3 ounces/ 2 sheets) frozen puff pastry, defrosted
For the filling:
- 2 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and cooled
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed
- 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup cranberries
- 1/2 cup white raisins
Directions
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 12 tablespoons of 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 one sheet of puff pastry with the folds going left to right. Brush the whole sheet with 1 tablespoon of the melted butter. Leaving a 1-inch border on the puff pastry, sprinkle each sheet with 1/3 cup of brown sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons of the cinnamon, 1/4 cup of the cranberries and 1/4 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, about 1 1/2 inches each. 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. 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.
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By kaxzza
on January 06, 2013
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The best sticky buns recipe ever. My daughter asks me to make them time and time again. Thanks Ina. Melissa NC
By ygobis_12122083
Lowell, MA
on January 02, 2013
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Wow!!!!!! Have tried numerous sticky bun recipes in the past......never ever satisfied. They were either too dry, didn't rise, and obviously....takes way too long. These are PERFECT!!!!! My search is over. This is the best sticky bun recipe. Tastes like buttah!!!! Yes, I"m from Boston.
By traciekd_8305568
celebration, FL
on December 22, 2012
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Made these yesterday for a Christmas party. They were devoured. I did spray my muffin pan with not stick spray and I also put parchment paper down on my cookie sheet and placed the muffin pan on top as previous reviews did, I worked perfectly. I have an electric oven and cooked them at 400 degrees for 20 minutes and then watched them like a hock for the last 2. So in my oven it took exactly 22 minutes and then I let them rest for 4 minutes. Perfection. Was asked if I would make them Christmas morning, some with fruit some without...definately a HUGE HIT!!
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