Joanne Chang's Sticky Buns

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• brioche bread, dough store-bought
• 1 cup brown sugar (not packed, original calls for 2 cups)
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 cup pecans, toasted and chopped
• 1/2 lb butter
• 15 ounces brown sugar
• 5 ounces honey
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1/2 cup water

Recipe

• 1 dough:.
• 2 on a floured work surface, roll out the brioche dough into a rectangle that is approximately 1/4-inch thick.
• 3 combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans and sprinkle evenly on the brioche.
• 4 roll up the brioche jelly roll-style and slice the roll into buns about 1-inch thick.
• 5 spread the goo on the bottom of a roasting pan and place buns evenly spaced in the pan. she sprinkled additional chopped pecans on the goo before placing the dough on the it.
• 6 cover and allow to rise for 2 to 3 hours in a warm place.
• 7 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 8 place buns in the oven and bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes.
• 9 let cool for 10 minutes and then invert onto a serving platter.
• 10 goo:.
• 11 in a saucepan over medium heat, melt together the butter and brown sugar.
• 12 remove from heat, let cool, and whisk in the honey, cream, and water.
• 13 set aside.