Sticky Pecan Pull Apart Bread Food

PULL-APART MAPLE PECAN STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Sprinkle nuts onto bottom of 12-cup fluted pan or 10-inch tube pan sprayed with cooking spray. Melt 2 Tbsp. butter in small microwaveable bowl. Stir in syrup; drizzle over nuts in pan.
• Melt remaining butter. Mix sugar and cinnamon in shallow dish. Separate dough into 20 biscuits; flatten each to 1/4-inch thickness. Roll cream cheese cubes in cinnamon sugar until evenly coated; place 1 on center of each biscuit. Gather up sides of dough to enclose filling; press edges together to seal. Roll each into ball; dip top in remaining butter, then in remaining cinnamon sugar. Arrange half the balls, cinnamon sugar-sides up, in prepared pan. Repeat with remaining balls to form second layer. Top with any remaining butter and cinnamon sugar.
• Bake 30 min. or until golden brown. Cool buns in pan 1 min.; invert onto serving plate. Remove pan. Top buns with any remaining nuts in pan; cool slightly.

PULL-APART MAPLE PECAN STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray a 12-cup tube pan with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle pecans over the bottom of prepared pan; set aside.
• Melt 2 tbsp butter in the microwave. Add syrup and stir until well blended. Drizzle this over the pecans in the pan. Set aside.
• Melt the remaining 6 tbsp of butter; set aside. Mix the sugar and cinnamon; set aside.
• Separate the biscuit dough into 20 biscuits; press each to flatten to 1/4" thick.
• Roll the cream cheese cubes in the cinnamon sugar until coated. Place 1 cube on each biscuit, bringing up sides of biscuit to seal edges around the cheese cube. Lightly roll into a ball shape.
• Dip top of biscuit into the melted butter, then into the cinnamon sugar. Place sugar side up in the tube pan, making two layers. Drizzle with remaining butter and cinnamon sugar.
• Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute in pan. Invert onto serving platter. Serve warm.

CINNAMON AND PECAN PULL APART BREAD

Steps:

• For the pecan glaze: Generously grease a 12-cup fluted tube pan or 8-by-10-inch pan. Combine the butter and brown sugar in a small saucepan and heat until the butter has melted. Remove from the heat and whisk in the cream, corn syrup, vanilla, cinnamon and salt. Add the pecans and set aside.
• For the bread: Combine 2 cups of the flour, the sugar, undissolved yeast and salt in a stand mixer with the dough hook attachment, or in a large bowl. Heat the milk, butter and 1/2 cup water in a small saucepan until very warm (120 to 130 degrees F); stir into the flour mixture. Stir in the eggs and enough remaining flour to make a soft dough. Continue to knead in the mixer at a speed of 1 or 2 until the dough is smooth and elastic, 3 to 5 minutes. Alternately, knead by hand on a lightly floured surface for 8 to 10 minutes. Cover; let rest on a floured surface for 10 minutes. Divide the dough into 32 pieces; roll into balls. Pour a third of the pecan glaze into the prepared pan and place a third of the dough balls over it. Repeat twice with the remaining glaze and dough. Cover and let rise in a warm draft-free space until the dough rises to the top of the pan, about 45 minutes. Or, you can let it rise in the fridge for 2 to 24 hours, in which case you should let the dough rest at room temperature for 10 minutes before baking. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Bake the bread for 30 minutes. Cover with foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Serve warm.

PRALINE PULL-APART BREAD

Steps:

• Spray 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan with cooking spray. In small bowl, stir together granulated sugar and 3 teaspoons of the cinnamon. Dip each roll in melted butter, then coat with cinnamon-sugar. Arrange rolls in cake pan; sprinkle with pecans. Cover; refrigerate at least 8 hours but no longer than 18 hours.
• Heat oven to 325°F. Line cookie sheet with foil. In chilled medium bowl, beat whipping cream with electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Stir in brown sugar and remaining 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Uncover rolls; pour whipped cream mixture over top. Place pan on cookie sheet.
• Bake 1 hour or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes. Place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan; drizzle bread with any remaining glaze in pan.

CARAMEL-PECAN PULL-APARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cut rolls in half and roll in dry pudding mix.
• Grease an 10 inch fluted tube pan and alternate rolls with pecans.
• Sprinkle remaining pudding over rolls.
• Combine sugar and margarine in bowl;microwave for 30 seconds or until margarine is melted.
• Stir and pour over rolls.
• Cover and let rise until rolls have nearly doubled in size.
• Uncover and bake at 350 for 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven, cover with foil (to avoid over browning) and bake for 15 minutes more.
• Remove and invert onto a plate.
• Eat while warm!

PULL-APART STICKY BUN RING

Steps:

• Sprinkle pecans into a greased 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons butter and maple syrup; pour over pecans. Set aside., Separate biscuits; split each in half horizontally. Place remaining butter in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon., Cut cream cheese into 20 cubes; roll in sugar mixture. Place one cube in the center of each piece of dough. Fold dough over cheese cube; pinch edges to seal tightly. Dip one side of each biscuit in butter, then sugar mixture., Arrange biscuits in prepared pan, sugar side up. Pour remaining butter over top; sprinkle with remaining sugar mixture. Bake at 375° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately invert onto a serving platter. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers.

BREAKFAST BUNDT BREAD (AKA MONKEY BREAD AKA PULL-APART BREAD)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F (350°F if using a glass bundt pan).
• Grease bundt pan with softened tablespoon of butter (you may need more depending on the size of your bundt pan, DO NOT SUBSTITUTE - the butter mixes with the sugar mixture on the outside of the bread, making it gooey).
• Roll biscuit half into a ball and let stand at room temperature.
• In a medium bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, and both 1/2 cups of pecans.
• Roll each biscuit ball in butter and then in sugar mixture (I usually do a handful of biscuit balls at a time).
• Layer balls in bundt pan; if you have extra butter and sugar mixture, mix together and pour over bread.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove from oven and up-end onto serving plate.
• Place icing by spoonfuls on top of hot bread; allow to melt and cover the sides and center of bread; icing will pool in dish, use for dipping.