posts tagged ‘sticky buns’

Apple-Cinnamon Pull-Apart Rolls: from store-bought to homemade

Recipe: Apple-Cinnamon Pull-Apart Rolls

“I could do that.”

Who among us, upon walking into a bakery, up and down the aisles at the supermarket, or past the stands at a farmers’ market hasn’t looked at [bread, pie, cake, muffins, cookies...] and said, “Hey, I could do that.”

There’s one particular place this happens to me a lot. And, I surmise, lots of other people, too.

And where’s that?

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Orange Sweet Rolls: tangy twist on a favorite classic

Recipe: Orange Sweet Rolls

Drip… Drip… Drip…

This is definitely NOT the sound you want to hear in the middle of a dark and stormy night, with the wind howling and tugging at those old shingles on your roof – you know, the ones you meant to replace last year only you spent your income tax refund on a stand mixer and a week at the beach.

This is also not the sound you want to hear when, against your better judgment, you left the dog alone in the kitchen with a pot of cooling soup barely within inquisitive nose reach on the counter.

And in fact, this is not the sound you hear at all when you drizzle vanilla glaze on a sweet roll.

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The quintessential late-March, tired of winter, self-indulgent breakfast: Maple-Bacon Biscuit Bake

Recipe: Maple-Bacon Biscuit Bake

Maple. Bacon. Biscuits.

Salty/chewy. Sweet & gooey. Soft and tender and… WHOO-EE!

Was there ever a marriage more heaven-made than this?

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Sweet rolls? Take the fast track: no-yeast caramel buns.

Recipe: Quick & Easy Sticky Caramel Buns

Sweet rolls.

Soft, tender (keep reading), gooey, buttery (keep reading), lick-your-fingers (keep reading), crunchy with nuts (or not) -

…and ready for breakfast in under 45 minutes.

How can that be?

NO YEAST.

No kidding!

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FREEZE! Time-savers for the holidays.

Recipes: Ridiculously Easy No-Knead Sticky Buns, Bacon Cheddar-Chive Scones, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Flaky Cheese Twists

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So what’s up with this enormous baking sheet of unbaked chocolate chip cookies?

“Surely you’re not going to bake them like THAT,” you say.

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Sticky wickeds.

Recipe: Quintessential Pecan Sticky Buns

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What is it about sticky buns that just seems so perfectly in tune with this time of the year?

Is it the over-the-top sweetness, the kind of sugary overkill we used to enjoy as kids, sucking on lollipops and rock candy? Or maybe it’s the active way you eat these buns, grasping them gingerly to avoid the sticky parts, but inevitably ending up with fingers to lick clean… read the rest of this entry »