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No-Knead Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Rolls
Do you know what I call smart? Taking something from “works awesome” (No-Knead Bread) to the level of “KICK-ASS.” Which is exactly what authors of the book 
Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
Oh yeah, and I hold them both directly responsible for the extra 3lbs I’ve just gained testing their recipes.
Keep reading for the recipe and a free cookbook drawing!
So, they’ve taken the 
basic No Knead Bread recipe and added 2 big concepts to it:
1) Make enough dough to store in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. Pinch off what you need and bake. Return the rest to refrig. This allows you to bake a loaf of artisan bread in as little as 20 minutes rest + 25 minute bake any day of the week. Perfect for spontaneous cooks like myself. Want dinner rolls for just 2 tonight? Pinch off a smaller chunk of dough. Plus, the “aging” of the dough produces the most amazing flavor, something that was lacking in the original No Knead bread.
2) Create over 100 different bread/pastry recipes, all no-knead. Um. Let me see if I can whet your appetite (I love the ones in red)
PEASANT LOAVES: Baguette, Batard, Pain d’Epi, Ciabatta, Crusty White Sandwich Loaf, Olive Bread, Caraway Swirl Rye, Limpa (Scandinavian bread wit honey and orange zest), Portuguese Corn Bread, English Granary Style, Oatmeal-Pumpkin, Raisin Walnut Oatmeal, Vermont Cheddar Bread, Caramelized Onion & Herb Dinner Rolls, Spinach Feta, Sun-Dried Tomato & Parmesan, Granola Bread, Roasted Garlic Potato Bread, Eastern European Potato Rye, Bagels, Bialys, Soft Pretzels, Montreal Bagels
FLATBREADS/PIZZAS: Pizza, Spinach & Cheese Calzone, Philadelphia Stromboli with Sausage, Prosciutto & Olive Oil Flatbread, Pissaladiere, Focaccia with Onion & Rosemary, Olive Fougasse, Fougasse Stuffed with Roasted Red Pepper, Sweet Provencal Flatbread with Anise Seeds, Pine-Nut Studded Polenta Flatbread, Arabic Za’atar Flatbread, Pita, Amenian Lavash, Moroccan Anise and Barley Flatbread, Naan, Scandinavian Rye Crisp bread
ENRICHED: Challah, Turban Shaped Challah with Raisins, Onion Pletzel, Sticky Pecan Caramel Rolls, Brioche, Brioche a Tete, Almond Brioche “Bostock”, Brioche Filled with Chocolate Ganache, Beignets, Chocolate or Jam Filled Beignets, Panettone, Soft-Style American White, Buttermilk Bread, Cinnamon Raisin Bread, Chocolate Bread, Swiss Muesli Breakfast Bread, Sunflower Seed Breakfast Loaf, Chocolate Prune, Chocolate Raisin Babka, Apple & Pear Coffee Cake, Sunny Side up Apricot Pastry, Blueberry Lemon Curd Ring, Braided Raspberry Almond Cream Pastry, Cinnamon Twists
Wipe that drool off the keyboard!
The first recipe I tried was to satisfy my sweet tooth. I love the No-Knead Bread from Lahey, but after an entire year of spoiling myself with crusty, homemade round loaves, I yearned for a sweet bread. This Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Roll truly is a no-knead, no-brainer! Read the recipe first, then the free cookbook contest!
This is what orgasm on a plate looks like.
Master Dough
from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
The book contains several master dough recipes, and this is an enriched, sweet dough, perfect for a loaf of Challah (the braided dough) and the Sticky Rolls. You start by mixing the master dough first, Let that rest overnight in the refrigerator, then the next day, pinch off a cantaloupe sized hunk-o-dough to make your Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Rolls! Return the rest to the refrigerator to use for another day.
1 3/4 cups lukewarm water
1 1/2 tbl instant yeast
1 1/2 tbl kosher salt (or 1 1/2 tsp table salt)
4 lg eggs, slightly beaten
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
7 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, water, honey, melted butter, yeast and salt. Stir well with a wooden spoon. Add in the flour. STIR, BABY STIR!!! Stir until you don’t see any more dry bits of flour (about a minute). Cover (not airtight) and stick it in the refrigerator overnight, or up to 4 days. The longer you let it fart around in the refrigerator (literally!), the better tasting the dough will be.
pssst….if you want, you can let it rise for 2 hours on the counter, pinch off the dough that you need to make your rolls. However, I’ve found that with only a 2-hour rise, the bread isn’t very flavorful. Still good, but definitely not as good as if you had let it sit 1-4 days in the refrigerator.
NOTE: When you let the dough hang out in the refrigerator, it’s not going to “rise” like a normal dough
Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Rolls
adapted from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
The photos I have on this post was the book’s recipe followed exactly. However, the recipe below is modified it a bit, increasing the amount of caramel and amount of filling, as I like my rolls to be oozing, dripping of the sweet cinnamon butter and sugar. Due to popular demand, I’m cutting back on the butter! The recipe is as-is from the book!
Think of Cinnabon, that chain store found in every American mall, except EVEN BETTER.
The Dough
A cantaloupe sized chunk of the Master Dough (about 1.5 lbs)
The Gooey Sticky Caramel Topping
6 tbl unsalted butter, softened
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
30 pecan halves
The Heavenly Sweet Cinnamon Butter Filling
4 tbl unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 cup chopped and toasted pecans
pinch of freshly ground black pepper
9″ square or round cake pan
The first thing you need to do is take that master dough out of the refrigerator, grab a small cantalope sized chunk of dough. Return the rest of it to the refrigerator to use another time (psst…get the book for all the other recipes using this dough!). Generously flour your hands and the dough. Shape the dough into a ball by stretching the surface of the dough and tucking it to the bottom all around, rotating hte ball a quarter-turn as you go. This creates a taut, smooth surface. Let the dough rest, covered with a towel to take the chill off while you prepare rest of ingredients.
While the dough is unchilling, mix the topping and the filling.
FOR THE TOPPING: Cream together the butter, salt and sugar. Spread this topping evenly on the bottom of the cake pan. Scatter with pecan halves (I used chopped pecans in my photos).
FOR THE FILLING: Cream together all ingredients except the pecans. Set aside.
Dust your counter with flour and roll out the dough with a rolling pin to 1/8″ thick rectangle. Try to get it 13″ x 17″ I had trouble with the rectangle shape, so I we just rolled it into a large oval. Spread the sweet butter filling evenly on the surface. Scatter chopped pecans all over. Here is Andrew, the bad-ass baker boy at work. (hey, if your kid wants to eat sweets, make him cook or bake it himself – that’s my rule!)
Roll it up, starting with the long side.
Flour your serrated knife and cut roll into 9 even pieces (square pan) or 8 pieces (round pan).
Set it in the pan on top of the caramel, cover with towel and rest for 1 hour
Preheat your oven to 350F. The book says to bake for 40 minutes, or until golden brown and well set in the center. But take a peek at the rolls around the 35 minute mark.
While still hot, run a knife round the edge of pan and invert immediately onto a plate. If you wait until it cools, the caramel will harden and it will be difficult to turn out.
YUM. Soft, pillowy dough. Sweet cinnamon and nutmeg butter dribbling down your chin. Sticky, gooey caramel. Crunchy pecans.
Wanna bite?
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The Free Cookbook!
Ok, so now that I’ve seduced you all into sweet, sticky, submission, do as I say and enter the contest!
Jeff and Zoe have generously offered 4 free cookbooks to give away. Which is AWESOME, considering the book is sold out in many stores and they are in their 3rd printing. (try Amazon: Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day
All you have to do is comment below and tell me which bread/pastry you would love to make from this book! The list of recipes is above. There are so many choices.
Random drawing takes place Friday, January 18th at 7pm. I’ll take submissions until then.
Good luck!
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More No Knead!
The Original No Knead Bread
No Knead Pizza Dough: Pear & Gorgonzola Flatbread with Baby Arugula and Shaved Parmesan
No-Knead Nutella and Roasted Hazelnut Challah
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They all sound wonderful. Maybe start with the rye crisp and
bake my way through the rest.
Oh my goodness, those sticky buns look amazing! I’m very tempted by the blueberry lemon curd ring too. Yummmmmmmm.
Thank you! I just got a kitchenaid mixer for my birthday & have been lusting over baking recipes and wanting shortcuts…you could be clairvoyant! a million thanks!
If I won this cookbook, the first thing Iwould make would be the Soft Pretzels. I am constantly in search of the perfect Philly soft pretzel recipe and have yet to find it. If you’ve never had a Philly soft pretzel, then I am sad for you. They’re not as pillowy soft as Auntie Anne’s or Wetzels Pretzels, but with a good spicy mustard they just rock. Yum. Yum yum yum.
Dammit girl, I’m trying to start a diet here, and this is NOT helping! Well, if I’m going to blow it, I might as well do it properly, and go with the sticky buns.
And “orgasm on a plate” is my new favorite phrase for the week, thanks.
The braided raspberry almond cream pastry sounds like the perfect thing to serve as part of a Sunday brunch.
Moroccan Anise and Barley Flatbread totally intrigues me – but the rest of them are caling my name too!!
I want to make the Arabic Za’atar Flatbread because so far, all my flatbread attempts turn out ‘meh’. Za’atar deserves better.
How can anybody not pick Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Rolls after seeing those pictures? My husband has recently perfected his no-knead technique and has started making variations. I wonder what would happen if I just happened to leave that book on the counter, opened to the Prosciutto & Olive Oil Flatbread page…
Ever since I got my stand mixer, nearly 2 years ago now, I’ve been looking for all kinds of bread to make.
::goes off to look at their list of recipes::
So many … but I think I’d like to try the caraway swirl rye, the vermont cheddar, bagels and pizza. Mmmmmmm
And of course your cinnamon rolls will be a big hit at our monthly brunches!
Oh gosh, which to pick? The baguette, the roasted garlic potato bread (two of my very favorite words in there!), soft pretzels with LOTS OF SALT!!
Mmmmm, bread. I love it so, little carb-addict that I am
Looks delicious…I’d vote for Sunny Side up Apricot Pastry next *yum*
oooh, tough decision. i think i would make the apple and pear coffee cake. i am a sucker for coffee cakes for breakfast, teatime, and after dinner.
I would request Almond Brioche to satisfy my sweet tooth and Arabic Za’atar bread because that is just too good to be true!
I’d start with the braided raspberry almond cream pastry.
I am itching to make a spinach feta loaf! That just sounds absolutely decadent. And I guess you could call it semi-healthy… forget the carbs!– especially if you’re sneaking spinach and feta into it!
garlic potato bread, no doubt.
Oooh, I want to try the Vermont Cheddar bread. I love cheese bread and have really been wanting to start making my own bread.
Impossible to just pick one! The Brioche Filled with Chocolate Ganache leapt right out at me, but anything that we could dip into oil and balsamic and/or make French toast from would be greeted with wild enthusiasm.
Plus, I’m always getting cravings for yeasted breakfast breads on weekends, but it usually means we don’t get to have breakfast until after lunchtime, so those sticky pecan buns sound pretty perfect too!
Hubby used to bake fresh bread regularly and totally spoiled me, so this book would be perfect for us.
Those look so good.. I’m a sucker for the stick and nutty.. hmm, perhaps I shouldn’t advertise that. I really want to try to make the Limpa – I love citrus and honey, but I’m scared of bread baking. Me and yeast are in a learning curve together, and I’d love a copy of the book to help me out! I also love the idea of a master recipe.. I frequently get urges around 10pm and having a dough in the fridge to work with sounds awesome.
That’s a toughie…either the onion pletzel (mmm, onion bread…) or the swiss museli breakfast bread (I LOVE museli!).
I printed out the master dough recipe & instructions a couple weeks ago but haven’t gotten around to making it yet — these rolls are the perfect chance!
I want to make all of them in the first category! Especially the Caramelized Onion & Herb Dinner Rolls.
(Most of them in the second category, too, and the third. That’s just how I roll.)
Ooh, I’m for the “Sweet Provencal Flatbread with Anise Seeds.” My mom used to make something like this when I was a little kid. Every once in a whiile I get a little taste memory and wish I had a recipe. This sounds like what hers tasted like. Very fond of anise, my mom was. ;+)
Thanks for highlighting the book putting the list of recipes up. I love the whole concept, and there are lots of yummy sounding things there. You’ve scored another hit.
OMG – Definitely Caramelized Onion & Herb Dinner Rolls. Why save them for dinner? I would eat them for breakfast. I know, a little weird, but I’ve never been one for sweets in the morning.
wow… talk about tough choices. I’d have to go with the caramalized onion and herb dinner rolls too. Or that roasted garlic potato bread. Holy cow that sounds yummy. My hat is off to anyone that can positively identify a single recipe from all the choices. they all sound delicious. my grandmother has made those sticky buns as long as I can remember ( I’m only 37 ) and they are as delicious today as they were when I was 2.
oooh, they all sound so good! But the one I would love to try is the chocolate bread.
Spinach & Cheese Calzones!
I was (and still) obsessed with Spinach & Cheese Calzones ever since the first one I had as a wee elementary schooler from my local Papa Gino’s!
And when they axed it from their menu, I took it upon myself to make my own! And thus began a life-long obsession with Spinach and Cheese ANYTHING! Don’t even get me started with spanakopita or lasagna…
Spinach & RICOTTA! How I LURVE fresh ricotta, bought from the deli and cut from a cake (which I’ve only been able to have once in my life, oh cruel, cruel New England existence).
I’ve never wrapped my rolling pin around baking although I did have an honest go at it over the summer diving head first into an artisan loaf, kneading and all, made with garbanzo and whole wheat flour.
I learned that garbanzo flour smells like fermenting beans when wet.
If only I had seen the light! NO-KNEAD!
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I love fruit filled pastries! I grew up with access to great neighborhood Polish bakeries near Hamtramck, Michigan. There are none here where I currently live. My Polish mother was a terrific baker. I loved being in the kitchen as she baked and cooked when I was a child. She has been my inspiration to try anything and everything. So if I won the bread book, I would try the Sunny Side up Apricot Pastry and the Braided Raspberry Almond Cream Pastry in her honor.
I also need a good Brioche recipe. I didn’t like the version I tried when I received my new Brioche mold and I owe a Brioche to my daughter.
Mmmmmmmm… so many of these breads sound good! I if had the book I don’t know if I could decide between sweet or savory for my first! The Vermont Cheddar Bread sounds fantastic… but then again the Brioche Filled with Chocolate Ganache and Blueberry Lemon Curd Ring both sound scrumptious as well!
I love sticky-buns, and these just look fabu! I’ve got some yeast for some reason, though I don’t usually bake, so I may need to try this out this weekend.
By the way, tag
(check out the website link).
The Vermont Cheddar Bread sounds really good. I’ve never tried to make bread before and anything that makes it seem easier is right up my alley!
I just found your blog tonight and I love it!
I have already used the no-knead bread as pizza dough with great success. I would love to see their take on it.
Keep up the great articles, Jaden!
Hi Jaden, I tried making the master dough and I think I did something wrong! It’s been sitting in my fridge for about 30 hours now and it still hasn’t risen. Was I supposed to dissolve the yeast in the water before adding the rest of the ingredients (novice baker here, please forgive me)? How long should all the ingredients be stirred before sticking the dough in the fridge? Please help!
rather hard to mention one recipe, I want to try them all … but would probably start with the Sweet Provencal Flatbread with Anise Seeds ….
thanks for sharing the WONDERFUL No Knead Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Rolls !!!! TY so much !!!
I’ll sure give the Philadelphia Stromboli with Sausage a try !!!!
Hi Sydney, the dough isn’t supposed to ‘rise’ in the refrigerator. Does it look like the photo of dough (in the bowl) that I have on the site? Pinch off a cantaloupe sized piece of dough, shape into a ball, tuck the ends under to create a taut surface. Let it just sit there on the counter for a while to take the chill off. (I let mine sit for 30 minutes while I put together the rest of the ingredients for topping and filling). Then roll it out to make the sticky buns.
Jaden – that’s the best FURIKAKE No Knead Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Rolls that I’ve ever seen!!! And just like you….my kids have to help when they want to eat too. Now that you’ve shown me bread, I know that this weekend, I will have to make something and I want to find a recipe like the Blueberry Lemon Curd Ring recipe that you mentioned above. Sounds just divine and I can imagine some icing drizzled over the top – yum.
It might have been obvious that I was referring to the sticky pecan caramel cinnamon rolls, but if it wasn’t, that’s what I’m going to make because I want to win the cookbook! Thanks,Scott
I would want to try chocolate-filled beignets! YUM! The cinnamon rolls look amazing, too.
Definitely the Montreal Bagels. I will fall in love with this book if they turn out even a little bit like the real thing!
I’m starting with the nutella!!
I hope I win this book so that my family and I can gain 5lbs together – the family that weighs together stays together
Wow. I didn’t know you could do all this with no-knead but now I do, so I want to know more!
I would make the Vermont Cheddar bread for me but make the Sticky Pecan Rolls for my elderly father who lives with me. I made him some for part of his Christmas present but those were definitely kneaded.
I don’t have a website, but I love reading your blog and trying your recipes. I tried the no-knead bread and it was delicious!
I plan to try making the cinnamon roll and challah you posted. The roasted garlic potato bread is another I definitely want to try! The Chocolate or Jam Filled Beignets sounds good, too!
I have been dreaming of cinnamon rolls and these look amazing!! First thing I’m going to do when I get home is pop some starter dough in the fridge, just in time for the weekend.
your buns look amazing! and so does the book: but – are there any sourdough recipes in there as well? i am a firm believer in sourdough and my cultures would throw a fit if i bought yeast, i think
Pick just one??? How about the roasted garlic potato bread? I just made my first No-Knead loaf today and am already ADDICTED. So…the book looks FANTASTIC…and I can’t wait to try the sweet stuff, too!
I’m always interested in making good sandwich bread, so the Crusty White Sandwich Loaf would get my vote. I can imagine many variations on it.
this is a great book, I printed your no knead bread recipe so I can try with my daughter, I can’t wait to try the sweet roll.
My wife would want me to make anything that’s sweet, especially the cinnamon rolls since she knows that she can’t buy it at Cinnabon. Can’t wait to try it.
Come on big money, show me the book.
love the redesign, by the way, when are you going to blog about your secret of taking your great pics?
I seriously need to make these Sticky Pecan Caramel Cinnamon Rolls! They look absolutely divine! Please enter me in the ‘free book’ contest. Even if I don’t win (I never win anything) I’m buying this book!