Maple-Caramel Pecan Sticky Buns

Deliciously tender, sweet and sticky, these sticky buns are made with a homemade maple-caramel sauce that is out of this world!

Is there anything better than sinking your teeth into a warm, gooey cinnamon roll? YES! Sinking your teeth into a warm, gooey, sticky bun!! Sticky buns are like cinnamon rolls more delicious cousin… full of buttery cinnamon sugar, but topped with homemade maple caramel and toasted pecans!

I’ve been wanting to share a recipe like this with you guys for a while now… but I kept putting it off because I was trying to figure out how to get these made fresh, then still have time to photograph them during my prime shooting time. Well I finally figured it out and whoa.. let me tell you… they’re Amazing!!

Ingredients:

DOUGH

• 1 cup whole milk
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 Tbsp active dry or instant yeast (about 2 standard packets)
• 1/2 cup butter, softened to room temperature and cut into bite sized pieces
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

TOPPING

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup maple syrup (the real stuff!)
• 3 Tbsp heavy cream
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans (I like a mixture of chopped and pieces)

FILLING

• 1/3 - 1/2 cup butter, softened to room temperature
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon