Sticky buns and cinnamon rolls are not the same thing, did you know? I grew up with soft, yeasty cinnamon rolls. Sticky buns are um, really sticky. The caramel bottom, which becomes the top after flipping, is messy and can become too firm if not eaten warm. Sticky buns are also dough-ier and gooey-er (are these words?). This concludes today’s pastry and vocabulary lessons. I stole this recipe idea from The Barefoot Contessa. The next thing I’m going to steal from her is her easy-going lifestyle in the always perfect, always relaxed Southampton. I want to believe she would serve her breakfast guests sticky buns made from store-bought puff pastry, but I’m slightly more inclined to think she would stay up late the night before to make it from scratch. But, welcome to my life: I work full-time, blog, WRITE and I’m planning a wedding. Store-bought dough is a big part of my life these days. I used a Texas-sized muffin pan here. I believe they call these ‘giant’ or ‘over-sized’ muffin pans in other states? If you use a regular muffin tin, cut the dough into 6 sticky buns instead of 4.
