Whole Wheat Brown Sugar Sticky Buns Food

SWIRLY STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a pot set over medium-low heat, melt the butter. Add 3/4 cup of the brown sugar, the vanilla and 1/4 cup water, and cook until the sugar dissolves. Spread 3 tablespoons of the sugar mixture on the bottom of a 9-inch round baking dish, and sprinkle the 1/2 cup whole pecans over the sugar mixture.
• Dust a clean surface with flour, and roll out the dough to a 10-by-14-inch rectangle. Cover the dough with the remaining 1/2 cup of the brown sugar, the 1/2 cup chopped pecans and the remaining sugar mixture. Starting at one of the long ends, gently roll the dough into a log. Gently pinch the seam with your fingers to seal, and then cut the log into 12 equal pieces. Place the dough in the baking dish and bake until golden brown, 30 minutes.
• Rest the sticky buns for 5 minutes. Place a flat serving platter over the baking dish and flip to remove the buns. Serve warm.

WHOLE-WHEAT BROWN-SUGAR STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Dough:Lightly brush a medium bowl with butter; set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine flours, wheat germ, yeast, salt, brown sugar, water, egg, and melted butter. Mix on medium-low speed, scraping sides and bottom of bowl once, until dough is smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Transfer to bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Filling/Topping:Brush a 9-inch round cake pan with butter; set aside. In a medium bowl, stir together butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt until smooth and fluffy. Spread half of mixture over bottom of pan; sprinkle with half of pecans.
• Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface. Gently roll into a 10-by-14-inch rectangle. With an offset spatula, spread remaining brown-sugar mixture on top, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Sprinkle with remaining pecans. Starting at a long edge, roll up dough like a jelly roll, then cut crosswise into 10 pieces. Place pieces in pan cut-side down, spaced evenly. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until buns are just touching and almost doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake buns until golden brown and topping is bubbling around sides of pan, about 25 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes. With a serving plate centered over pan, hold plate and pan together and carefully flip over. Lift off pan and scrape out any remaining topping onto buns. Serve immediately. (Assembled, unbaked rolls can be refrigerated overnight. Let stand at room temperature 90 minutes before baking.)

WHOLE WHEAT CINNAMON STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• To make the filling, in a large bowl, using an electric mixer, cream the butter with the agave nectar until smooth, about 2 minutes. Add the cinnamon and flour and mix well. Stir in the walnuts and raisins. Refrigerate to firm the mixture for a minimum of 2 hours.
• Begin the dough by cooking the potato in boiling water for 25 to 30 minutes, until soft. Drain, reserving 3/4 cup of the starchy water. Mash the potato and reserved water until smooth. Set aside and cool to room temperature.
• Place the yeast, warm water, and 2 tablespoons of the agave nectar in a food processor. Pulse a few times to dissolve the yeast. Let this mixture sit about 10 minutes, or until foamy. Add the cooled mashed potato, milk, the remaining ¼ cup agave nectar, the melted butter, and salt. Pulse several times to mix. Add the flour a little at a time, pulsing to blend until a soft dough forms. Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. Gently knead by hand for approximately 1 minute, or until smooth and elastic. Place the kneaded dough into a lightly oiled bowl. Let rest for 20 minutes. Punch down the dough and turn in the bowl to coat with oil. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in a draft-free area to rise. Let the dough rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• While the dough is rising, prepare the glaze. Place all the glaze ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth, about 1 minute. Refrigerate until ready to use. The mixture will thicken slightly when chilled.
• To prepare the sticky buns, line 2 rectangular jelly roll pans with parchment paper and lightly spray with canola oil spray. Gently punch the dough down. Roll out on a lightly floured work surface to form an 18- by 20-inch rectangle. (The dough will be sticky to work with.) Spread the filling mixture over the dough, leaving a 1-inch border on all sides. Beginning from a long side, carefully roll the dough up to form a long log. Slice the log into 18 equal pieces. Place the slices onto the prepared pans with the edges of the rolls lightly touching together. Fill 1 pan entirely before starting the next, so most rolls will fit snuggly together. Brush the tops with the melted butter. Cover with a damp kitchen cloth and place in a warm, draft-free area. Allow the rolls to rise for 40 to 45 minutes, until doubled in size.
• Preheat the oven to 375°F.
• When the rolls are fully risen, bake for 25 minutes, or until lightly golden. Let the rolls cool on the pans for 10 to 15 minutes before drizzling with the glaze. Pull apart gently to serve. Best served warm.
• Store the leftover rolls in the refrigerator and reheat in a 350°F oven for 10 minutes before serving.

WHOLE WHEAT SANDWICH BUNS FOR BURGERS, HOT DOGS AND MORE

Steps:

• Place the first 3 ingredients into an electric mixer and mix well (using the standard paddle).
• In a small bowl, dissolve honey into warm milk.
• Sprinkle the yeast over the top of the milk and allow to soften slightly before blending it in all the way.
• After the yeast becomes active and bubbly, add to the dry ingredients along with the cool melted butter.
• Using the the dough hook on your electric mixer, knead on the second speed level.
• After about 5 minutes of kneading, check to see if the dough consistency is correct (having come together into a smooth ball) add water if too dry, or flour if too wet, a little bit at a time until the correct consistency is reached.
• Continue kneading with mixer about 5 more minutes or until the dough appears smooth and strands of dough can be seen forming in it.
• Turn the dough out into a greased mixing bowl in a warm, draft-free area and allow to rest, covered with a towel, for 10-15 minutes.
• Sprinkle a flat baking sheet with coarse cornmeal.
• Divide dough into 8-10 pieces and roll out and form into desired shapes, tucking the seam beneath it and place the pieces onto the baking sheet.
• Place your baking sheet on the middle baking rack along with a small pan of boiling water and close the door.
• Allow the buns to rise for 20-25 minutes then empty the pan with the water and add more boiling water to it and put it back in the oven.
• Allow the buns to rise for another 20-25 minutes (about 45 minutes total).
• Take the dough out and set in a draft free area and raise your oven temperature ot 350°F While oven is heating brush buns with beaten egg and sprinkle tops with your choice of seed (optional).
• When the oven is heated, bake the buns for about 20 minutes or until golden brown.

CHEF JOHN'S STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Combine warm water and milk in a mixing bowl and sprinkle yeast over. Let sit until frothy, about 10 minutes.
• Add sugar, egg, and melted butter for dough to the yeast mixture. Mix with a whisk before adding 75% of the flour with the salt. Mix, adding more flour, until a very soft and sticky dough is formed. Let knead in the mixer for about 5 minutes. Cover and let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• While dough is rising, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Generously butter a 9x13-inch metal baking pan.
• Combine brown sugar, white sugar, salt, melted butter, and water for topping in a bowl. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Pour into the prepared pan and spread evenly to cover the bottom. Scatter pecans evenly over the top. Set aside until needed.
• Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl for filling; mix until thoroughly combined. Set aside until needed.
• Transfer dough onto a lightly floured surface. Lightly flour your hands and press and stretch the dough to form a 18x15-inch rectangle. Sprinkle cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly over the dough to the edges, leaving a 2-inch border along the edges. Lightly press the sugar mixture into the dough with your hands.
• Roll the dough into a cylinder with lightly floured hands starting with the edge closest to you; try not to roll too tightly. Finish shaping the cylinder as uniformly as possible, seam-side down. Lightly score the roll with the edge of a knife to indicate 12 equal portions.
• Slide a piece of string or floss under the dough, lining it up at the first knife mark. Cross the ends of the string over the top and pull in opposite directions to cut through the dough. Continue with remaining dough.
• Transfer buns into the pan with topping, making 3 rows of 4 buns. If one side of a bun has more dough than another, place with the doughier side up in the pan. Tent the pan loosely with foil and let rise until buns have almost doubled in size, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Save foil in case you need it towards the end of baking time.
• Bake in the preheated oven until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of a bun reaches 200 degrees F (93 degrees C), about 35 minutes. If the tops are getting too browned, loosely tent the pan with foil for the last 5 to 10 minutes of baking time.
• Remove from the oven onto a wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes. Turn pan over carefully onto a serving platter. Use a spoon to transfer any sticky topping that has remained in the pan. Let cool and serve warm or at room temperature.

WHOLE WHEAT LOW SODIUM PANINI BUNS

Steps:

• Makes 14 to 24 Sandwich Buns.
• * 1 cup plus 2-tablespoons no sodium or filtered water warmed to about 110°F (trace).
• * 1 cup reduced fat low sodium buttermilk warmed to about 100°F(130 mg).
• * 2 tablespoons vinegar (cider or white wine) (.30 mg).
• * 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (trace).
• * 1 large egg (63 mg).
• * 2 cups white or pastry whole wheat flour* (12 mg).
• * 3 cups white best for bread flour (7.5 mg).
• * ¼ cup potato flour (15.5 mg).
• * 4 level tablespoons Splenda or granulated sugar*** (trace).
• * ¼ teaspoon ascorbic acid (trace).
• * 2 tablespoons granular lecithin (trace).
• * ½ teaspoon granulated onion powder (.648 mg).
• * 4 ½ teaspoons bread machine yeast (9 mg)
• Baste With.
• * ½ egg white**** (used portion) (27.4 mg).
• * ¼ teaspoon filtered or no sodium water (trace)
• Place ingredients into bread machine in order listed or in order your manufacturer calls for. Set for dough.
• Check while kneading to make sure there is enough liquid. (Some whole wheat flour will require more some might require less.) If after five minutes or so the dough appears to need liquid, add water at one-tablespoon at a time. If it's sticky, add about one or two tablespoons of flour but no more.
• Warm oven or ovens to about 100°F just before bread is ready to shape and let rise after taking out of machine.
• Whisk the egg white in a small bowl with the water and set aside for basting shaped buns.
• Remove dough from bread machine pan and roll out onto lightly floured board. Cut in half.
• We are going to make buns here, any shape you prefer. Large buns will come out to about 14 and standard size buns will make as many as 24 with this recipe. We freeze most of them and use them for future lunches.**.
• Press down on dough until it's about ¾" thick and spread out to about 6" by about 14 to 16". Slice the dough down the center lengthwise and then cut each section evenly to make buns. They should double in size when rising. Place buns on lightly oiled cooking sheet. Using a basting brush, baste the tops and sides with the egg white mixture. With a sharp knife, make a slice down the middle lengthwise about an 1/8" deep. Prepare the second half of the dough with another cooking sheet.
• If you have just one oven then let one of these rise in the oven and the other rise in a warm spot in your house, each covered with lightly oiled wax paper. If you have a double-oven, let each rise separately in an oven.
• After about 45 minutes to an hour, remove the wax paper cover on the buns in the oven without moving the buns. Turn the oven on to 375°F Bake for about 12 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. They will brown nicely. (If you have a double oven, bake both at the same time.).
• Remove and cool on a rack.
• For the second batch that rose outside the oven, bake for about 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. These will brown more quickly. (If you let both batches rise outside the oven, then follow cooking time here for each.).
• Cool on rack.
• Great for panini sandwiches.
• *We use Bob's Red Mill Organic White Whole Wheat.
• **If you want to cut the recipe in half then you can cut all ingredients in half except the yeast (half a recipe would need 2 ½ teaspoons yeast) and the egg. Use only 1/2-cup of water, ½ cup buttermilk and a full egg.
• ***If you use Splenda instead of sugar calories will drop between 6 and 14 per bun depending on whether you make 24 or 14.
• ****You'll end up using only about half an egg white. Data is figured based on that.