Pecan Toffee Sticky Buns

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A airy brioche dough, halfway of pick food and airy helping of caramel marque these buns particularly lovely. They are served astatine Birch & Barley’s Sunday brunch; boxes tin beryllium ordered up for takeout.

These are not hard to make, but they bash impact respective steps. Watch however the cook makes them astatine wapo.st/tiffanystickybuns.

You volition person overmuch of the toffee condiment and fractional of the cinnamon sweetener near over. The condiment is large to service connected crystal pick oregon lukewarm gingerbread, and it makes a bully gift.

All of the prep enactment (dough, toffee, nuts, cinnamon sugar) tin beryllium done astatine slightest respective days successful beforehand and the results refrigerated oregon frozen. The dough takes 2 days to prepare. It needs to remainder successful the refrigerator for 5 to 12 hours connected the archetypal day; the assembled, unbaked buns tin beryllium refrigerated overnight, past request to emergence successful a lukewarm spot for 1 1/2 hours earlier baking.

From Tiffany MacIsaac, pastry cook astatine Birch & Barley successful Logan Circle.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 12-24 Makes 12 ample buns oregon 24 regular-size buns

For the topping

1 lb acheronian brownish sugar
2 cups dense cream
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, chopped into chunks
18 tablespoons pecan halves

For the cinnamon sugar

1 cupful granulated sugar
1 tablespoonful crushed cinnamon

For the dough

3 1/2 cups positive 2 tablespoons flour
1/2 spoon salt
1/3 cupful sugar, positive a pinch for the yeast mixture
1/4 cupful (1 1/4 ounces) loosely packed caller yeast (may substitute 2 tablespoons positive 1/8 spoon progressive adust yeast)
2 tablespoons lukewarm water
6 ample eggs, astatine country temperature
11 tablespoons (5.5 ounces, oregon 1 instrumentality positive 3 tablespoons) unsalted butter, astatine country temperature
12 tablespoons chilled low-fat oregon regular pick cheese, chopped into 36 pieces full for ample buns and 72 pieces full for regular-size buns (do not usage nonfat)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 24)

Calories
220
Fat
12 g
Saturated Fat
5 g
Carbohydrates
24 g
Sodium
85 mg
Cholesterol
75 mg
Protein
5 g
Fiber
1 g
Sugar
9 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Tiffany MacIsaac, pastry cook astatine Birch & Barley successful Logan Circle.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published December 19, 2010

Updated March 13, 2026