Walnut Sticky Buns
These Walnut Sticky Buns are the perfect decadent breakfast for the holiday season!
Servings: 10 people+
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Basic Sweet Dough (recipe below)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups California walnut pieces
Basic Sweet Dough
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup warm water
- 2 packages active dry yeast
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 4 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Instructions
For the Basic Sweet Dough
- Warm milk over medium high heat. Once warm, add sugar, salt and butter and stir to dissolve the sugar. Set aside to cool until lukewarm.
- In another bowl, combine the warm water and yeast and stir to combine until dissolved. Once the yeast has dissolved, add the milk mixture, eggs and ½ of the flour. Mix until smooth. Add the remaining flour and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 minutes. Place the dough in a greased bowl and let rise in a warm place for 1 hour. Once the dough has risen, punch the dough down and use as instructed below.
For the Sticky Buns
- Combine the melted butter with 1 ½ cups brown sugar, vanilla extract, 1 cup walnut pieces. Pour into a greased 9x13 baking pan.
- Combine the remaining brown sugar and remaining walnut pieces and set aside.
- Divide the dough in half and roll out each half to a 12-inch square. Sprinkle each half with equal amounts of brown sugar walnut mixture. Roll up lengthwise and cut into 1 inch slice and place, side by side, in the prepared baking dish. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
- Once the dough has doubled in size, transfer to a 350-degree oven and bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and bubbly. Flip the sticky buns out of the baking dish, upside down and serve.