Okay, so I've never been a big fan of Sticky Buns.
Recently I watched Ina Garten ~ The Barefoot Contessa, make them in a current episode, and I looked at her recipe in her newest cookbook and still wasn't impressed...
Until I saw my friend Jain's version on her Once In a Blue Moon blog! (Click to check it out.)
Jain had the brilliant idea of swapping out the raisins and walnuts for dried blueberries and almonds. Bingo!
Wow, What a difference! These are sticky buns I can love, and the good news is they are EASY to make!
They are made with frozen puff pastry squares, I used Pepperidge Farm.
One package (2 sheets of dough) makes 12 sticky buns. I halved the recipe and made 6 instead. I'm glad I did, because these babies are irresistible. :)
To make them you simply put a tablespoon of brown sugar butter mixture into each muffin/cupcake well, then the nuts. Next, spread the sheet of puff pastry with cooled melted butter, sprinkle with brown sugar, cinnamon, and the dried blueberries. (I use a combination of sliced an slivered almonds.) Roll the pastry up, jelly-roll fashion and cut each rolled sheet into 6 equal portions, place each slice into a muffin well, spiral side up, and bake until deeply brown.
The house smells heavenly while they are baking. So delicious, and so easy! I think the most difficult part is waiting for the sticky buns to become cool enough to eat. :)
The printable recipe can be found on
Thank you for the great alternative Jain!
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thanks mary for mentioning me, they are killer delish aren't they! i should make scott a batch for dinner, i mean dessert tonight. we ate all 6 in a twinkle last time, yep KILLER GOOD!
ReplyDeleteyour pics look fantastic~
Two of my favorite cooks recommending one recipe...Now, I know it is a KEEPER! Thanks for showing everyday that food is more than something to eat...it is beautiful art in your photos!
ReplyDeleteMari, I remember seeing them on Jain's blog... so pretty. And yours are beautiful, too.
ReplyDeleteI remember these from Jains blog also..looks heavenly! Fantastic photos make them look completely irresistible...
ReplyDeleteI remember these like yesterday..and I have the plates!!!
ReplyDeleteI AM such a lucky person.
You did Jain proud!
Hi everyone, if you make them, I hope you can find nice BIG plump dried Blueberries (the kind Jain used).
ReplyDeleteI bought Sunkist in a little opaque metallic silver/plastic pouch and was SURPRISED when I opened it to find that the blueberries were teeny, smaller than pea sized berries. I realize they have been dried and expected them to be small, but these were smaller than I expected. However, they were moist but very tiny and they dried out a little more that I would have liked during baking.
This recipe is going on my "easy, delicious, & favorites" file. Next time I'll look for larger dried berries. :)
If you try it with this combination of fruit and nuts, I hope you like it as much as we did. They are VERY good!
What a great idea to add blueberries to sticky buns! YUM!
ReplyDeleteJust a note that I changed my blog address: http://www.megansmunchies.com/
Thank you Meg, I'll change it on my favorite list. Thanks for stopping by! :)
ReplyDeleteI've got some blueberries that would love to be made into these buns! They look great Mary
ReplyDeleteGood gawd woman how did I miss this post?
ReplyDeleteThese look absolutely fantastic!!!!
Great job on the photos!
Oh.... you are killing me...those look so good...better than good!
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Nice variation on sticky buns. These look very sticky and very yummy :)
ReplyDeleteThe word "easy" matters not. However, blueberry and almond rendered me powerless. Delicious combination.
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