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The World's Easiest Pecan Sticky Buns

Ingredients

• Just a few of the thoughts I had before attempting these beauties. However, I’m elated to report that if you can master my World’s Easiest Cinnamon Rolls (and you totally can), you can master the World’s Easiest Vegan Sticky Buns, too!
• It all starts with a simple dough that rises in 1 hour.
• To keep things a little on the healthier side, I went with a 2:1  mix of unbleached all purpose and whole wheat pastry flour for slightly-hearty-but-still-decadent roll.
• You could also go entirely all-purpose for true bakery style, all whole-wheat pastry for a healthier roll, or some other combination that I haven’t thought of! I suspect part spelt flour would work swimmingly.
• So how are these simple? I’m glad you asked.
• 9 ingredients (pecans being the 9th and optional ingredient)
• One true rise = less waiting
• Fool-proof methods
• No fancy techniques or equipment involved
• See? You can totally do this. Believe it.
• If you’re wondering how these sticky buns get their ooey-gooey glaze, it’s simple:
• From a simple brown sugar, vegan butter mixture that you spread in the bottom of the baking dish.
• Then you add pecans and your unbaked rolls and bake until fluffy and golden brown. Wait a few minutes, invert the pan, and voila! You have bakery-worthy sticky buns that will mystify your friends and family as to how you made them. Go you.
• So what do these studs taste like? Amazing. They’re
• Soft
• Tender
• Fluffy
• Sweet
• Perfectly spiced
• Sticky
• Cinnamon-y
• Loaded with pecans
• & Better with each bite
• I could hardly stand taking photos of these rolls. Look at them! I wanted to inhale the whole batch and forgo photographs altogether. But I managed to hold off 30 minutes for pictures before I delighted in one from the center of the batch.
• If you’ve ever eaten a cinnamon roll or sticky bun, you know it’s kind of like unwrapping a treasure. You start from the outside and work your way in until you get to that last, sticky center bite that undoubtably has the most sugar and butter.
• Savor that bite, friends. Savor it like it’s never going to happen again. Then repeat! These rolls are simply amazing and so easy to make. DO IT.
• If you give these a go, let me know how you liked them! And be sure to snap a photo and tag it @minimalistbaker on Instagram. It makes my day when I see you guys making and enjoying our recipes. Cheers!
• The World’s Easiest Sticky Buns
• Easy, fool-proof sticky buns for the novice baker. 9 basic ingredients, no complicated methods, just straightforward, ooey-gooey sticky buns. And they’re vegan!
• Author Minimalist Baker
• PRINT
• 4.92 from 103 votes
• PREP TIME
• 1 hour hour 30 minutes minutes
• COOK TIME
• 25 minutes minutes
• TOTAL TIME
• 1 hour hour 55 minutes minutes
• Servings (sticky buns)
• Course Breakfast, Dessert
• Cuisine Vegan
• Freezer Friendly 1 Month (freeze before baking)
• Does it keep? 3-4 Days
• Ingredients
• US Customary – Metric
• DOUGH
• 1 cup Unsweetened Original Almond Breeze Almond Milk (or other plain, unsweetened dairy-free milk)
• 3 Tbsp vegan butter
• 1 packet rapid-rise (instant) yeast (1 packet yields ~2 ¼ tsp)
• 1 Tbsp cane sugar (ensure organic for vegan-friendly)
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 ½ – 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (I mixed all-purpose and whole wheat pastry flour 2:1)
• FILLING
• 1/4 cup vegan butter (melted)
• 1/2 cup brown sugar OR granulated sugar
• 1/2-1 Tbsp cinnamon
• STICKY GLAZE
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegan butter
• 1/2 cup pecans (chopped)

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