Grandma Bernard'S Sticky Buns

• dough
• 1 pkg yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water (between 105 and 115 degrees - I use a candy
• thermometer and get it as close to 115 as possible).
• 1/2 cup hot mashed potatoes (waxy or all purpose Yukon Gold are good, avoid high starch varieties)
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 1 cup milk, scalded
• 1 egg
• 4-4.5 cups sifted all purpose flour (try 4 cups if possible, increase if too wet. you will also be working some in when rolling out)
• filling:
• 1/4 cup brown sugar (I like dark brown)
• 3-4 tsp cinnamon
• 4-5 tbsp softened butter
• sauce
• 1/2-3/4 cup brown sugar (again, love the dark)
• 4-5 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp bakers glucose corn syrup or Karo (not necessary, but good for texture)
• you can also add 1-2 tbsp of honey, but I generally prefer the taste without it.

1. dough
2. add water, yeast, and 1 tbsp sugar in mixing bowl. let sit for about 5
3. minutes, so yeast can begin to foam. add milk, potato, egg, salt,
4. remaining sugar, butter and mix. add about half of the flour slowly
5. and continue to mix. switch to dough attachment and add remaining
6. flour until incorporated (or just add the rest if using a processor,
7. or by hand). mix for a few minutes until kneaded.
8. coat a bowl with nonstick spray and place dough in bowl. cover with
9. plastic or towel. let rise until double in size, about 1 hour if in a
10. warm place or 1-2 hrs if in a cooler place (I like to snap a cell
11. phone pic for reference so I know when it's doubled in size).
12. after it's ready, punch down and let sit for another 10 minutes. turn
13. out onto floured board and roll into 12x8 square.
14. filling
15. Grandma melts the butter and sprinkle the rest onto the dough
16. rectangle. I like to soften butter and mix dry ingredients and butter
17. into a paste, then spread the paste onto the dough. either way is
18. fine.
19. after you apply filling, roll from the short end. slice into 12 pieces.
20. sauce
21. melt slowly in a saucepan. boil a couple of
22. minutes, then pour into bottom of 9x5 pan (I line with parchment
23. paper). sprinkle with whole or chopped pecans (or skip if you like).
24. the rest
25. place dough slices on top, and let these rise another 30-35 minutes in
26. the pan.
27. preheat oven to 375, and bake 20-35 minutes checking periodically (without letting too much heat out of oven) and remove when golden brown. let cool a few minutes, then invert and peel parchment paper.

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