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Easy Recipes for Making Sticky Buns and Orange Glazed Date Muffins

Do you love specialty breads?  They are great as a treat or sometimes as a simple breakfast meal with fruit, etc. Here are some recipes for breads that are easy to make and will bring you lots of compliments from family and friends.The Banana Sticky Buns are great treats for special breakfasts, the brunch table or many other uses.  The Easy Gooey Buns are a more simple recipe that uses frozen dinner rolls but they are delicious.  If you prefer muffins, this recipe for Orange Glazed Date Muffins is very good.

BANANA STICKY BUNS
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 dozen pecan halves
2 cups biscuit/baking mix
2/3 cup mashed ripe banana
2 tbsp butter, softened
1/4 cup packed brown sugar

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Place 2 teaspoons brown sugar, 2 teaspoons of butter, and 3 pecan halves in each of 12 medium muffin cups. Place in the oven just to melt the butter and brown sugar.

Stir the baking mix and banana together to make a soft dough. Gently shape into a ball on a floured surface. Knead 5 times. Roll into a rectangle of about 15 x 9-inches. Spread the 2 tablespoons of butter over the surface. Sprinkle the 1/4 cup of brown sugar over the butter. Roll rectangle up beginning at long side. Pinch edge of dough to seal.

Cut the roll into 1 1/4-inch slices. Place, cut side down, in the muffin cups. Bake 10 minutes. Immediately invert the pan onto serving tray or a baking sheet and allow to remain for a minute or two to allow the butterscotch to drizzle down over the buns.

Yield: 12 buns

EASY GOOEY BUNS
1 pkg frozen small dinner rolls
1 stick butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 box (4-serving size) cook and serve vanilla pudding mix

Grease a Bundt pan with butter-flavored shortening. Place frozen rolls in the pan, spreading evenly around the pan. Mix the butter, brown sugar, pecans, and dry pudding mix together; sprinkle evenly over the rolls. Butter one side of a piece of waxed paper and put over top of pan, buttered side down. Let set overnight or until the rolls have doubled in size. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Turn out of the pan immediately.

ORANGE GLAZED DATE MUFFINS
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup orange juice
1/2 tsp orange peel
1 cup chopped, pitted dates
1/4 cup canola oil

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Spray 12 muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray; set aside.

In a large mixing bowl combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add the egg, milk, orange juice, orange peel, dates and oil. Stir just until all dry ingredients are blended in. Fill 12 muffin cups 2/3 full.

Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees. While muffins are baking, make the following TOPPING:
1/3 cup powdered sugar
2 tsp orange juice

In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar and orange juice, stirring until smooth. After removing muffins from the oven, immediately drizzle with the glaze topping.

Yield: 12 muffins

Enjoy!

About the Author

For more of Linda’s recipes visit her blog at http://ladybugssweettreats.blogspot.com or her old fashion recipes at http://grandmasvintagerecipes.blogspot.com 

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