Sticky Buns Dog Team Tavern Website Recipes

STICKY BUNS ( DOG TEAM TAVERN WEBSITE )

Steps:

• 1. Boil potatoes in salted water to cover until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain the potatoes, reserving 1 ½ cups of the cooking liquid, and mash. Measure 1 Cup of the mashed potatoes and reserve the rest for another use.
• 2. Stir together the mashed potatoes, margarine, ½ cup of the sugar and salt. Cool to lukewarm and add yeast, eggs and the reserved 1 ½ cups cooking liquid. Mix well. Add flour and stir. Knead on a lightly floured surface until the dough is smooth and elastic. Set in a lightly oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk. Punch down and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour.
• 3. Butter three 9-inch round or square baking dishes. Distribute brown sugar evenly among the pans. Sprinkle with enough water to make the sugar very wet. Distribute walnuts evenly over the brown sugar
• 4. Roll out the dough into a ½-inch-thick rectangle on a well-floured surface. Brush with melted butter. Stir together the remaining 2 ¼ cups sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over the buttered dough. Roll up the dough as you would a jelly roll. Cut into ½-inch-thick slices. Arrange the slices cut-side up in the prepared pans so that they are almost touching. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
• 5. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Bake the sticky buns until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Immediately invert the buns onto a plate. MAKES 6 TO 8 STICKY BUNS PER PAN

DOG TEAM STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water; let stand 5 minutes.
• Mix together shortening, sugar, salt, egg, mashed potato; add dissolved yeast.
• Mix in flour to make a soft dough.
• Turn on to floured board, knead until smooth and elastic, adding more flour if necessary.
• May refrigerate overnight now.
• Roll out dough into a 9*16 rectangle and butter generously with melted butter.
• Sprinkle dough with mixture of cinnamon and sugar; roll toward one long edge.
• Slice into 1 inch thick pieces.
• Butter a 9*13 baking pan.
• Mix maple syrup with water; pour into pan; sprinkle nuts over bottom of pan.
• Place slices of dough, cut side down, on top of syrup mixture.
• Let rise at room temperature until doubled.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bake about 30 minutes.
• Invert onto platter or foil to cool if you like your sticky buns gooey; Invert onto a rack if you don't like goo. Either way, be careful as syrup is very hot.

DOG TEAM STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• 1. Boil potatoes until tender in 2 cups water. 2. Drain potatoes, reserving 1 ½ cups of the liquid. 3. Mash potatoes. 4. Stir together 1 cup of the mashed potatoes, 1/2 cup of the sugar and the salt. 5. Allow mixture to cool to lukewarm. 6. Add yeast, eggs and the reserved cooking liquid, mixing well. 7. Add flour to form a wet, sticky dough. 8.Knead on a lightly floured surface until dough is smooth and elastic. 9. Place in a lightly oiled bowl. 10. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk. 11. Punch down and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. 12. Butter 2 13×9 pans. 13. Spread brown sugar thickly on the bottom of the pans. 14. Pour enough water on the brown sugar to form a thick, wet paste. 15. (Place walnuts on brown sugar paste.) 16. Roll out the dough into a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle on a well-floured surface. 17. Stir together the remaining 2 1/4 cups sugar and cinnamon. 18. Combine the sugar mixture and the very soft butter. 19. Spread butter mixture thinly over dough, leaving a strip along one long edge free. 20. Roll up dough, starting at the long edge opposite the clean edge. 21. Seal the roll by pinching and pressing the clean edge into the dough. 22. Cut the roll in half with the dental floss by slipping the floss under the roll, crossing the ends of the floss over and pulling it through the dough. 23. Cut each of the halves in half, and continue this way until you have slices that are 1/2 inch to 1-1/2 inches thick (depending on your preference). 24. Arrange slices cut-side-up in the pans so they are almost touching. 25. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about half an hour. 26. Preheat oven to 350ºF (175ºC). 27. Bake sticky buns until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes. 28.Immediately un-mold sticky buns onto two cookies sheets.