Best Franks Philadelphia Sticky Buns Recipes

PHILADELPHIA STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Yeast Dough:.
• In a small pan, heat milk just until bubbles form around edge of pan; remove from heat.
• Add sugar, salt and butter; stir to melt butter, then cool to lukewarm.
• Sprinkle yeast over water in large bowl; stir to dissolve then stir in lukewarm milk mixture.
• Add the egg and 2 cups of the flour; beat with electric mixer until smooth.
• Add the remaining 1/2 Celsius flour and mix by hand until dough is smooth and leaves sides of bowl.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured surface ; knead until dough is smooth and blisters appear.
• Place in lightly greased bowl; turn to grease all over.
• Cover with towel and let rise in warm, draft-free place until double, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Topping:.
• While dough rises, in a small bowl with spoon cream the butter and brown sugar.
• Spread on bottom and sides of 9X9X2-inch square baking pan.
• Place pecans evenly on top, flat sides up.
• When dough has risen, roll dough into a 16X12 inch rectangle; spread with butter,sprinkle with brown sugar, the raisins and cinnamon.
• Roll up from long side, jelly-roll fashion; pinch edge to seal.
• Cut crosswise into 12 pieces.
• Place, cut side down, into prepared pan.
• Let rise, covered in warm place free of drafts until doubled,1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Bake sticky buns 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Invert on plate, let stand 1 minute then remove pan.
• Serve warm.

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.

FRANK'S PHILADELPHIA STICKY BUNS

Steps:

• Boil the potato in enough water to leave 5/8 cup potato water; drain and reserve the water.
• Mash the potato and add the potato water. When lukewarm, add yeast, a pinch of flour and a pinch of sugar; set aside.
• Scald 7/8 cup milk. Add 1/4 cup butter and melted Crisco. Stir well and pour into a large mixing bowl.
• Add the sugar and salt to the milk mixture. When lukewarm, add beaten egg and stir well.
• Stir in 2 1/4 cup of the flour. Add yeast mixture and 3 cup flour, or just enough to keep dough from being too sticky.
• Let rise 2 1/2 hours or until doubled in bulk.
• Meanwhile, simmer together the syrup ingredients: brown sugar, water, and butter.
• If using nuts, sprinkle them in bottom of 3 cake pans. Divide syrup between the 3 pans and pour over nuts. Set pans aside.
• Divide dough. Roll out a portion on a lightly floured surface into a 9 x 18-inch rectangle. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with cinnamon mixed with sugar. Add raisins evenly.
• Roll up dough from long side; cut in 1-inch pinwheels and place in pan.
• Roll out other portion of dough and repeat steps.
• Let rise 2 hours.
• Bake in a 375 degree pre-heated oven for 30 minutes.