This Sticky Bun Recipe combines refrigerated crescent rolls with homemade caramel sauce, making the most delicious and easy-to-make sticky buns. They’re perfect for a quick and irresistible breakfast with the family.
Sticky Buns Recipe
Shortcut breakfast recipes like this one and my recipe for frozen bread cinnamon rolls are my favorite ways to blend the feeling of a homemade breakfast treat with the ease of making them. If you are running short on time, then this sticky bun recipe is perfect. Quickly whip up a batch of sticky buns and add a made-from-scratch caramel sauce to make this semi-homemade sticky bun in a snap. No rise time is necessary for this recipe, so the next time you hankering for sticky buns, this is the perfect breakfast recipe for you.
If you are still looking for the perfect homemade cinnamon bread that is lovingly made with that fantastic yeast dough then you should really check out my homemade cinnamon nut coffee ring, and my recipe for old-fashioned cinnamon rolls.
Ingredients
Caramel
- Unsalted butter – butter mixed with brown sugar and cream will make a gooey and delicious sauce for your sticky buns.
- Brown sugar – light brown sugar is recommended for this caramel
- Honey – honey will bind the caramel and sweeten it
- Whipping cream – this will thicken the caramel sauce and make it a delicious creamy caramel
- Sea Salt – salted caramel is a delicious flavor. Not only does the salt balance the sweet caramel, but it gives you a salted caramel taste that is irresistible
- Chopped pecans – pecans are a staple in sticky buns
Rolls
- Crescent Rolls – making sticky buns with refrigerated crescent roll dough is a huge time saver.
- Unsalted Butter – softened
- Light Brown Sugar – light brown sugar blended with cinnamon will be your filling.
- Ground Cinnamon – cinnamon adds a warm and comforting flavor to sticky buns.
Caramel Sauce
- Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Add the sugar, honey, whipping cream, and a couple of dashes of salt.
- Bring to a boil, and then quickly reduce to a simmer – stirring for about 3 minutes
- Pour sauce into a greased baking pan
- Sprinkle chopped pecans over the caramel sauce
How to Make Sticky Buns
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
Caramel Sauce
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter
- Add the sugar, honey, whipping cream, and salt
- Bring to a boil, and quickly reduce the heat so it is at a simmer
- Simmer for about three minutes
- Pour the caramel sauce into the greased baking pan
- Sprinkle crushed pecans over the sauce
Rolls
- Roll out the crescent roll packages and mold them into one big rectangle.
- Spread the softened butter evenly over the dough
- In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon
- Sprinkle it over the butter
- Along the long side, roll the crescent rolls up into one long tube
- Cut the tube into twelve rolls
- Place the pieces into the caramel sauce
- Bake for about 25 minutes or until the tops are golden brown.
- Place wax paper or a baking sheet on your protected countertop and flip the baked rolls over so they fall out onto the paper
Expert Tip
Do not wait too long for the buns to cool off before inverting the pan. The caramel might harden up and make it more difficult to remove the sticky buns.
What to Serve with the Sticky Buns
FAQs
What is the Difference Between Cinnamon Rolls and Sticky Buns?
Sticky buns and cinnamon rolls are very similar. Both are made with dough and filled with cinnamon sugar. Sticky buns are baked in a caramel and pecan sauce. Cinnamon rolls are baked and then topped with icing.
Can Sticky Buns be Made in Advance and Baked Later?
Yes! You can make your sticky buns a couple of days in advance. Prepare the recipe, placing rolls in caramel sauce. Cover and refrigerate. When you are ready to bake them, pop them into the oven and bake as directed.
Storing and Reheating
Store leftover sticky bun covered at room temperature for up to two days
Reheat sticky buns for about 30 seconds or until warmed through in the microwave or cover a baking dish with foil and bake until warmed through
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Serving Size
This recipe should make one dozen sticky buns
Double the recipe for more
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Easy to Make Sticky Buns
Ingredients
Caramel
- 6 tbsp. butter unsalted
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup honey
- ⅓ cup whipping cream
- 2 dashes sea salt
Rolls
- 16 oz. Crescent Rolls
- ½ cup Unsalted Butter – softened (one stick)
- ½ cup Light Brown Sugar
- 1 tbsp. Ground Cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
- In a medium saucepan, melt the butter
- Add the sugar, honey, whipping cream, and salt
- Bring to a boil, and quickly reduce the heat so it is at a simmer
- Simmer for about three minutes
- Pour the caramel sauce into the greased baking pan
- Sprinkle crushed pecans over the sauce
Rolls
- Roll out the crescent roll packages and mold them together into one big rectangle
- Spread the softened butter evenly over the dough
- In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon
- Along the long side, roll the crescent rolls up into one long tube
- Cut the tube into twelve rolls
- Place the pieces into the caramel sauce
- Bake for about 25 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown
- Place wax paper or a baking sheet on your protected counter top and flip the baked rolls over so they fall out onto the paper
Notes
Nutrition
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