Mennonite Sticky Buns Old Fashioned Amish Sticky Bun Recipes

STICKY BUNS RECIPE

Steps:

• Cream together the sugar, butter, and salt on medium-high speed in an electric mixer with a paddle attachment. Whip in the egg and vanilla extract until smooth. Then add the flour, yeast, and milk. Mix on low speed until the dough forms a ball. Switch to the dough hook and increase the speed to medium, mixing for approximately 10 minutes (or knead by hand for 12 to 15 minutes), or until the dough is silky and supple, tacky but not sticky. You may have to add a little flour or water while mixing to achieve this texture. Lightly oil a large bowl and transfer the dough to the bowl, rolling it around to coat it with oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let the dough rise at room temperature for approximately 2 hours, or until the dough doubles in size.
• Meanwhile, make the Caramel Glaze: In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and salt, and cream together for 2 minutes on high speed with the paddle attachment. Add the corn syrup and vanilla extract, and continue to cream for about 5 minutes, or until light and fluffy.
• Transfer the dough to the counter. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin, lightly dusting the top of the dough with flour to keep it from sticking to the pin. Roll it into a rectangle 18 inches wide by 9 inches long. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the surface of the dough (use it all!), and roll the dough up with the long side facing you, creating a cinnamon-sugar spiral as you roll. With the seam side down, cut the dough into 12 even pieces.
• Coat the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish with the caramel glaze, then sprinkle the pecans evenly over the surface. Lay the pieces of dough cut-side-up on top of the caramel glaze, evenly spaced throughout the pan. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and allow to rise at room temperature for 75 to 90 minutes, or until the pieces have grown into one another and have nearly doubled in size.
• Make-Ahead Note: Instead of the second rise, you can place the shaped buns in the refrigerate for up to 2 days, pulling the pan out of the refrigerator 3 to 4 hours before baking to allow the dough to proof at room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and adjust the oven rack to the lowest shelf.
• Bake the sticky buns for 30 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown. Cool the buns in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes, and then remove them by flipping them over onto another pan or serving platter. Carefully scoop any run-off glaze back over the buns with a spatula. Wait at least 20 minutes before serving. The sticky buns are best eaten the day of baking but can be stored, covered, at room temperature for up to 2 days (see notes below on reheating).

AMISH STICKY BUNS, SWEET ROLLS--WOW WOW WOW!

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast and 1 tbsp sugar in warm water.
• Scald milk, then add butter, sugar and salt.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Add two cups flour.
• Add yeast and eggs.
• Stir in the remainder of the flour and knead lightly.
• Let rise until double.
• While dough is rising, boil all syrup ingredients for two minutes.
• Divide syrup into six 8-inch square pans (or I sometimes use 3- 9x13 pans).
• When dough is doubled, punch down and divide into two parts.
• Roll each part (one at a time) into a 12x18-inch rectangle on a well floured board or table.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Roll up tightly, beginning at the wide side.
• Cut into 1 inch slices, and lay slices on top of the syrup in the pans.
• Repeat with all dough.
• Bake at 375°F for 15 minutes.

CINNAMON BUNS (FAMOUS PA DUTCH STICKY BUNS)

Steps:

• Soften the yeast in the warm water and let stand 5-10 minutes.
• Add milk to sugar and salt; mix thoroughly and cook to lukewarm.
• Add 1 cup of flour and mix until smooth.
• Stir in yeast mixture and add remaining flour gradually, mixing well.
• On a floured surface, knead dough until smooth.
• Place in a greased bowl and grease top of dough.
• Cover and let rise in a warm place until dough is doubled; about 45 minutes.
• Punch down and roll into a rectangle about 1/4 inch thick.
• Brush with softened butter and spread evenly with raisins, currants and citron, 1/4 cup brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Roll up, starting at long side, as for a jelly roll and cut into 1 inch slices.
• Place slices cut side down in a buttered 13x9x2 inch pan.
• Cover and let rise until doubled.
• Sprinkle top with remaining brown sugar and bake at 375* for 20 to 30 minutes.

CHEF JOHN'S STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Combine warm water and milk in a mixing bowl and sprinkle yeast over. Let sit until frothy, about 10 minutes.
• Add sugar, egg, and melted butter for dough to the yeast mixture. Mix with a whisk before adding 75% of the flour with the salt. Mix, adding more flour, until a very soft and sticky dough is formed. Let knead in the mixer for about 5 minutes. Cover and let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• While dough is rising, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Generously butter a 9x13-inch metal baking pan.
• Combine brown sugar, white sugar, salt, melted butter, and water for topping in a bowl. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Pour into the prepared pan and spread evenly to cover the bottom. Scatter pecans evenly over the top. Set aside until needed.
• Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl for filling; mix until thoroughly combined. Set aside until needed.
• Transfer dough onto a lightly floured surface. Lightly flour your hands and press and stretch the dough to form a 18x15-inch rectangle. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly over the dough to the edges, leaving a 2-inch border along the edges. Lightly press the sugar mixture into the dough with your hands.
• Roll the dough into a cylinder with lightly floured hands starting with the edge closest to you; try not to roll too tightly. Finish shaping the cylinder as uniformly as possible, seam-side down. Lightly score the roll with the edge of a knife to indicate 12 equal portions.
• Slide a piece of string or floss under the dough, lining it up at the first knife mark. Cross the ends of the string over the top and pull in opposite directions to cut through the dough. Continue with remaining dough.
• Transfer buns into the pan with topping, making 3 rows of 4 buns. If one side of a bun has more dough than another, place with the doughier side up in the pan. Tent the pan loosely with foil and let rise until buns have almost doubled in size, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Save foil in case you need it towards the end of baking time.
• Bake in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a bun reaches 200 degrees F (93 degrees C), about 35 minutes. If the tops are getting too browned, loosely tent the pan with foil for the last 5 to 10 minutes of baking time.
• Remove from the oven onto a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes. Turn pan over carefully onto a serving platter. Use a spoon to transfer any sticky topping that has remained in the pan. Let cool and serve warm or at room temperature.

STICKY BUNS--OUT OF THIS WORLD

Steps:

• DOUGH:.
• Mix together the milk, sugar, and salt.
• In a small bowl mix the yeast and lukewarm water to proof a little.
• Add the yeast to the above.
• Add the eggs, beaten, and the soft butter; mix well.
• Mix in the flour, a little at a time remembering the hint above (you don't want it so sticky that you can't handle it, but a very soft dough).
• Place in buttered bowl; cover; rise once.
• Punch down and rise again.
• While this is rising prepare the filling and the pecan topping.
• FILLING:.
• In a small bowl mix the butter, sugar, and cinnamon together; set aside.
• STICKY PECAN TOPPING:.
• Mix the melted butter, brown sugar, and pecans together and spread evenly in the bottom of 9x13 pan.
• BACK TO THE DOUGH:.
• When risen put the dough on a lightly floured surface.
• Roll into a 9x18 oblong.
• Spread with the cinnamon filling.
• Roll up tightly starting at the wide side; seal well by pinching edges of roll together.
• Cut into 1" slices and evenly place in the pan on top of the pecan topping.
• Let rise till ALMOST DOUBLE, about 35-40 minutes.
• Bake in a 375 degree oven for 25-30 minutes.
• When you take them out of the oven, immediately turn them upside down on a large tray or platter.
• Let the pan stay over the rolls a minute or two so that the topping runs down over them and you get all the goodness from the pan.