Sticky Buns (Bread Machine)

Shawn Rudeen

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 3 cups white bread flour
  • 2 tablespoons dry milk
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 3 teaspoons active dry yeast

Instructions
 

  1. For the sticky sauce—warm over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
  2. Put ingredients in bread machine according to the directions for your particular machine. Remove the dough from machine after the dough cycle is completed then follow the next steps.
  3. Pour sticky sauce into a 13×9 pan. Sprinkle with broken nuts if desired. Turn dough out onto floured surface (it will be sticky) and punch down. Roll dough to a 16×10 inch rectangle Dot with 1/4 cups soft butter and sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll jellyroll style and pinch seams together. Slice 1 1/2 inch thick pieces, place into pan on top of sticky sauce. Let double in size (about one hour). Bake at 375º for 20-25 minutes. Cool for no more than 3 minutes, then invert pan so sauce and nuts are on top of buns.