Walnut Sticky Buns

Walnut Sticky Buns from www.whatsgabycooking.com (@whatsgabycookin)

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5 from 3 votes

These Walnut Sticky Buns are the perfect decadent breakfast for the holiday season!

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time2 45

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: people

Author: Gaby Dalkin

Ingredients

1 recipe Basic Sweet Dough (recipe below)
1 cup unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups brown sugar
1 ½ cups California walnut pieces

Basic Sweet Dough

½ cup milk
½ cup white sugar
1 ½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ cup unsalted butter
½ cup warm water
2 packages active dry yeast
2 eggs, beaten
4 ½ 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.

Notes

Pro tip: if you’ve got some walnuts on hand right now and they are sitting in your pantry…. Go put them in an airtight container and store them in the fridge! It’ll extend their life and keep them fresher longer! I even started to keep mine in the freezer for maximum life span!

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