Bacon Caramel Sticky Buns Recipe
Bacon Caramel Sticky Buns are a simple & easy breakfast recipe that's ready in about an hour. All that melted caramel goodness in your morning treat. YUM!
Servings 12
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 cup warm water 115 degrees is perfect
- ¾ cup buttermilk- room temperature
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 5 tbsp butter- melted & slightly cooled
- 3 tbsp dry active yeast
- ½ tbsp table salt
- 2 large eggs- room temperature
- 5-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Filling
- ⅓ cup butter- melted
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Topping
- 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup honey
- 2 1/2 cups chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup bacon crumbles
Melted Butter, Caramel Sauce & more bacon for topping when serving if desired
Instructions
- In a large mixer bowl, combine water, buttermilk, sugar, melted butter & yeast, stir & then allow to sit approx 15 minutes for yeast to proof. (you know it's ready when it's puffed & frothy)
- Add in eggs, salt & flour & mix together slowly using a dough hook until flour is incorporated
- Mix/knead 10 minutes
- Once mixed, let rest 10 minutes while you make your filling & preheat the oven
- Prepare the filling by combining melted butter, brown sugar, sugar & cinnamon in a small bowl & mixing with a fork
- Prepare the topping by melting brown sugar, butter & honey in a saucepan.
- Remove from heat & add in pecans & bacon
- Pour into the bottom of your prepared pan
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees & line a 9x13 pan with parchment
- Roll dough out on lightly floured surface into a flat & even layer (approx 12x15)
- Sprinkle filling mixture on top
- Roll tightly on the long side & then cut into 12 large rolls (easiest way to make them even is to first cut the log in half & then cut those two pieces in half again & then those 4 pieces into thirds)
- Place in prepared pan on top of your gooey topping & bake 20-25 minutes
- Add melted butter, caramel sauce & more bacon for topping when serving if desired