Sometimes, you just want to wake up to something ooey-gooey and easy. Which means making it the night before and latting the baking gods work their magic while you are sleeping. You get up, make coffee, preheat the oven and by the time you’re fully awake and ready for the day and have your coffee, you also have the yummy sticky buns.

Cinnamon Sticky Buns

Prep time: 10 Minutes
Rise time: 5-12 Hours
Cook time: 30 Minutes
Total time: 5 – 12 hours
Yield: 10 rolls

INGREDIENTS
10-12 frozen bread rolls (I use Rhodes brand)
1/2 cup butter, divided
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4- 1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional, walnuts or pecans work great!)

LETS MAKE THEM
The Night Before
1 – Prepare a, 8-10″ bundt or tube cake pan with non-stick spray. I use a silicone pan and it is amazing! The silicone makes it easy to remove the bread and it’s easy to clean. 

2 – Place the chopped nuts at the bottom of the pan all around. These will end up on top of rolls when you flip the pan after baking.

3 – Soften ¼ cup of the butter in the microwave at 15-second intervals. You probably only need two intervals, mixing in between. Be careful not to completely melt the butter. Add the brown sugar to the softened butter and mix completely. Spread the mixture over the chopped nuts.

4 – In a microwave-safe bowl, completely melt the remaining butter (about 30 seconds in the microwave). Use a medium-sized bowl because this will be one of the dipping steps. In another medium-sized bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon. This will be the second dipping step.

5 – Take each frozen roll one at a time and dip it first into the melted butter, then into the cinnamon-sugar mixture and ensure they are fully coated. Place the coated roll on top of the nut and butter layers. Repeat until the bottom of your pan is completely full. Be careful not to overcrowd the pan, these are going to rise A LOT!! The rolls can be next to each other, but not on top of each other.

6 – Take a piece of foil or plastic wrap and spray one side with non-stick spray. Place over the top of the pan to cover rolls (the cooking spray is so the rolls don’t stick to the foil after they rise). Place the pan in a cold oven or on the counter overnight and they will be ready to bake in the morning when you wake up!

The Next Morning
1 – REMOVE the pan from the oven first and then pre-heat the oven to 350°F. Remove the foil and bake for 30 minutes.
2 – Remove the pan from the oven and allow the pan to cool for a minute or two. Now you are going to flip the pan over onto a large plate or cake pan using potholders. I discovered my 9″ cake pan was perfect for these rolls and the lip keeps all that gooey cinnamon glaze on the rolls. BE CAREFUL because the pan and the rolls are REALLY hot!!!

3 – Allow the rolls to cool for about 5 minutes before serving and enjoy!

TIPS
1 – I use a silicone bundt pan, even going out to buy one specifically because EASY PEASY! Both removing the buns and clean-up.

2 – Because the rolls are frozen, they need time to thaw and rise. If you want to serve this for an afternoon cofffe klatch, you could put it together first thing in the morning and it would be ready to bake by mid-afternoon. Let the rolls  rise at least 5 hours.

3 – If you’re serving in the morning, it’s easy to throw together right before bedtime and then when he get up, preheat that oven, bake and enjoy! 

Since there was a super moon last night–or is it tonight? Whichever. Supermoon means it’s time to grab a Moonstruck Wolf story to read–or reread. I’m reaching back and snagging BLOOD & FIRE. As an EMT in Austin, TX, Celina Monaghan is all about the comfort food. And working shifts, she’s learned to plan–and execute–aheaqd. You can bed that Rhys Kendric is a big fan. Theirs is a courtship fraught with danger, mystery, and…well…blood and fire. And lots of moonlight. It will take a super blood moon to see these two to their Happy Ever After. Make up a batch of these sticky buns the night before. Come morning, grab the book–just click on a pic of the cover or the title, or open your ereader if you already own it. Put the sticky buns in the oven, pour a cuppa, sit back, and enjoy.