Sticky Buns

I was craving something sweet....
I WANTED to make my Orange Bubble Loaf bread....
but then I remembered my sister's recipe of these
and thought i'd check it out to see if it was easier than the orange stuff.
It was.
SO EASY.
(I'm all about simplifying lately!)
AND

they were delicious!

They are easy for making the night before for a great breakfast treat.

OR

making in the morning for a mid morning snack

Whatever suits your fancy!
They really are tremendously easy!

Give them a try!
(I do need to warn you, these pictures were not under the best of circumstances)

STICKY BUNS

18-24 Rhode's rolls
1 3oz pkg cook & serve butterscotch pudding
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter

1/2 cup nuts, if desired

(I decided to add pecans AFTER I had started!)

I let my dough thaw just enough to cut them in half.

I wanted to cut them in half so that there were actually more BUNS!

In a greased bundt pan,

(i'm sure a bread loaf pan would work as well)

(you just might need 2!)

arrange half of the rolls in one layer.

Sprinkle some of the dry pudding.

If you are going to add nuts, sprinkle half on at this point as well.

(Like I said, I decided to add some AFTER!)

Add a 2nd layer of rolls, sprinkle the remaining dry pudding mixture.

And nuts!

In a small sauce pan, melt butter and brown sugar.

Mix together until butter and sugar are combined.
Pour over prepared rolls.

Now, depending on the time of day...you need to follow the appropriate directions!

If you are making these at night for the morning, you would cover them with plastic wrap and put them in the fridge.

If you are making them in the morning, you would leave them out and let them raise

until double in size, then cook.

It's really up to you!

Heat oven to 350*

Cook for 30 minutes.

Once out of the oven, turn the pan over onto a plate or pan

and allow the gooey goodness to run out and soak the buns!

Make sure you let them cool or else you WILL burn your mouth!

Delicious!

Let me know if you try them!

Or if you have any other takes on the recipe.

I'd love to hear them!

p.s. I just realized with all the references to "buns" in this post, i'm probably going to get a lot of spam comments about viagra! What was I thinking?!?!

haha!

Homemade Kit Kat Bars

I want you to listen to me, and listen very carefully.

Stop what you are doing.

Grab and pen and paper.

Make a list of these ingredients.

And RUN to the store.

Purchase them and come RIGHT back

and MAKE THIS DESSERT!

This was SO simple, and easy, and surprisingly GOOD!

I made these on Wednesday and took them to my office to eat on Thursday.

They did not last long at all!

And I had so many compliments...

SO SO SO EASY!

I asked my coworkers to tell me what they thought,

and I want you to as well.

Try these and let me know what you think.

(P.S. Did I mention there is NO BAKING?)

HOMEMADE KIT KAT BARS

80 Club crackers (2 sleeves)

1 cup butter

2 cups graham cracker crumbs ( 1 sleeve plus 3 FULL squares)

1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1/2 cup milk

1/3 cup sugar

2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup butterscotch chips

1/2 cup chocolate chips

Using a 9 x 13 pan, line it with tin foil, making sure you leave

some overhang so you can just lift the whole dessert out at the end.

Line the bottom of the pan in a single layer of the club crackers.

In a large saucepan, melt the butter. Add the graham crackers,

brown sugar, sugar and milk. Bring to a boil. Once boiling,

boil for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

Once that is done cooking, pour half of the sugar mixture of the crackers.

Make another single layer of the club crackers over the sugar mixture.

Pour the rest of the sugar mixture over the 2nd layer of crackers

and top that layer with the last layer of crackers.

So, just to make sure we understand...

crackers, sugar, crackers, sugar and then crackers.

Got it?

Good!
In a small saucepan, over medium-low heat, melt the

butterscotch chips, chocolate chips and peanut butter.

Stir constantly to make sure you do not burn them!

(I came close...oops!)

Pour the melted chocolate mixture over the top of the crackers,

making sure to distribute evenly.

Place in the fridge for at least an hour before serving.

When ready to serve, just grab that foil and it lifts RIGHT OUT

of the pan. I placed mine on a cutting board and started off

cutting mine with a pizza cutter, but ended up using a knife..

much easier.

Technically, I don' t think it's exactally a Kit Kat bar,

because those don't have caramel in them....

so maybe it's more like a Twix?

You know what, it really doesn't matter the name...

because it's so DANG GOOD!

Let me know what you think!
Have a SWEET weekend!