Red Cherry Sticky Buns

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) can sweet red cherries, drained (reserve juice)
• 3 1/2-4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• cherry glaze (recipe below)
• 1/2 cup slivered almonds
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
• 1/2 cup reserved cherry juice

Recipe

• 1 drain and halve cherries; reserve juice for cherry glaze.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, stir together 3 cups of the flour, sugar, yeast and salt.
• 3 in a small saucepan, heat milk and 1/3 cup butter to 120 degrees f; stir in egg. stir in flour mixture to form a ball.
• 4 turn out on a prepared pastry cloth and knead, adding only enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough until smooth and satiny (5 to 10 minutes).
• 5 cover and let rest for 30 minutes.
• 6 with a rolling pin, roll dough to an 18x15-inch rectangle. brush with remaining melted butter to within 1/2-inch of edges. arrange cherries over buttered dough. roll up from 18-inch side; pinch edges to seal. cut into 20 slices.
• 7 pour cherry glaze into a 13x9x2-inch pan; sprinkle with almonds. place slices cut side down over cherry glaze. let rise until double in bulk, 30 minutes. bake in a preheated 375 degree f oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes.
• 8 cool 5 minutes; invert on a serving platter. let stand 1 minutes; remove pan.
• 9 serve warm.