Rich Rum Sticky Buns

Name: Rich Rum Sticky Buns
Ingredients: 1½ cup pecan halves; 2 eggs; ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 5 to 5½ cups unbleached all-purpose flour; ½ cup (packed) light brown sugar; 3 tablespoons light brown sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon; 1 tablespoon grated orange zest; ½ cup golden raisins; 1 cup chopped pecans; 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 3 tablespoons granulated sugar; ⅓ cup rum; 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted; ½ cup honey; 1 cup (packed) light brown sugar; 1 package active dry yeast; 1 cup warm milk

Preparation info

12 to 14
large buns

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

These irresistible sticky buns were first introduced in the Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook. We still think these pecany, sugary, sticky sticky buns are the very best.

Ingredients

Dough

1 cup warm milk
1 package active dry yeast
½ cup (packed)

Vegetarian
Bread

Method

One day before serving, prepare the dough: Pour the milk into a large bowl. Stir in the yeast and brown sugar and let stand 5 minutes.
Beat in 2 cups of the flour, all the softened butter, the eggs, orange zest, cinnamon, and the salt until blended. Gradually stir in enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough.
Transfer the dough to a lightly f