Brown Sugar & Pecan Sticky Buns

Salivating yet? It's breakfast rolls made with pizza dough! I got this idea from an Everyday Food issue over a year ago--that's how long it's taken me to make a homemade batch of pizza dough.  I'll tell you it's way easier than other homemade doughs (see pie crust) and Martha has several other great ideas for the dough itself.  I choose to make the sweet and sticky suggestion--surprised? I'm not.

Anyway, you should plan to make the dough the night before then prepare the rolls the morning you want to serve them. You can also skip the pizza dough making step, and just use store-bought pizza dough, which makes this already easy recipe that much faster!

Homemade breakfast rolls this easy are dangerous--because there are only two of us and it makes a whole pan full.  They are delicious! I used about 4 or 5 tablespoons less of the butter that the recipe called for. Folding the butter into the dough can get a little messy so be careful, but apparently that's what gives it the flaky texture in the end.

I put the dough on parchment paper on a large cookie sheet to keep it from sticking to the counter when I wanted to roll it up after dropping the butter and sugar mixture on it. 

Because of my primitive rolling pin, half of my rolls had more dough than the other, so I tried to compensate by making the more dough-y rolls smaller once I cut them up.

I liberally buttered the pan before placing the rolls side-by-side to bake.

Once they are done, immediately flip them over.  I used the same cookie sheet I put the rolled out dough on with a new piece of parchment.  Oh my goodness....so good.

Who can resist dripping hot brown-sugar caramel and pecans on fresh baked dough? Not me...Find the full recipe here.

To balance out this high calorie treat, I sauteed some spinach with garlic, added one egg and three egg whites for a healthy scramble.

Delicious and (sort-of) nutritious!

Pizza Dough:

Here is the Pizza Dough Recipe.  Since I'm still lacking in the kitchen supply department, I rolled out my dough with a Costco sized Pam bottle and it still worked! 

It's a basic recipe that can be frozen for up to three months. I can't wait to try the other recipe's using this versatile dough. You can make Focaccia with Dried Fruit and Rosemary, Sweet Soft Pretzels or Individual Cinnamon-Apple Tarts.