Toffee Sticky Buns
Prep
20 mins
Cook
25 mins
Servings
6
Difficulty
Easy
These toffee sticky buns are my absolute favorite weekend treat, and honestly, they're so much easier to make than you'd think. With a total time of just 45 minutes, you can have warm, gooey buns fresh from the oven without spending your whole morning in the kitchen. The brown sugar in the filling isn't just delicious, it actually contains molasses which gives you trace minerals like calcium and potassium. What I love most is how simple the ingredient list is, nothing fancy or hard to find, yet the results taste like they came from a professional bakery.
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Ingredients
- 300all-purpose flour
- 200 ggranulated sugar
- 100 gbrown sugar
- 150 gunsalted butter
- 200 mlmilk
- 10 gactive dry yeast
- 5 gsalt
- 10 gground cinnamon
- 200 gtoffee bits
- 50 gunsalted butter, softened
- 150 mllight brown sugar syrup
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Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Tip: To prevent the buns from spreading too much.
- 2
In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, brown sugar, yeast, and salt.
- 3
Add the softened butter and mix until a dough forms.
- 4
Gradually add the milk and mix until the dough is smooth.
- 5
Knead the dough for 5 minutes until it becomes smooth and elastic.
- 6
Divide the dough into 6 equal pieces and shape each into a ball.
- 7
Place the balls onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving 1 inch of space between each bun.
- 8
Bake the buns for 18-20 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
- 9
While the buns are baking, prepare the toffee filling by melting the butter and brown sugar syrup in a saucepan over low heat.
- 10
Remove the buns from the oven and let them cool for 2 minutes.
- 11
Drizzle the toffee filling over the buns and sprinkle with toffee bits.
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