Orange Pecan Sticky Buns

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons butter, softened (not melted)
• 3 tablespoons finely chopped pecans
• 1 tablespoon grated orange zest
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 (12 ounce) can refrigerated pillsbury butter tasting biscuits
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400.
• 2 in small bowl, combine margarine, 1 tablespoon chopped pecans, orange zest and honey; mix well. sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons chopped pecans in bottom of 8 or 9 in square baking pan.
• 3 separate dough into ten biscuits.
• 4 separate each biscuit into 2 layers.
• 5 spread top of 10 biscuit halves with 1 teaspoon of orange honey mixture.
• 6 top each with remaining biscuit halves and press together to form 10 filled biscuits. seal edges.
• 7 in a gentle manner, pull then twist each biscuit with your hands about 4-5 times to form 3 1/2 inch twisted rope (kind of like wringing out wet clothes but in a gentle way). once this is done, wrap the rope around your finger and place formed rolls in baking pan.
• 8 in a small saucepan, combine sugar, orange juice and vanilla.
• 9 cook over high hear until sugar is melted and syrup begins to boil, stirring constantly. spoon over rolls.
• 10 bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• 11 cool in pan 2 minutes, invert onto serving plate. serve warm.