Pull-Apart Maple Pecan Sticky Buns

Pull-Apart Maple Pecan Sticky Buns recipe

photo by:kraft

Hints of maple syrup and cinnamon lead you to the creamy cream cheese center of these decadent sticky buns. Fun to pull apart and eat, these are sure to be a huge hit!

time

prep:

15 min

total:

45 min

servings

total:

20 servings

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What You Need

3/4

cup PLANTERS Chopped Pecans

1/2

cup (1 stick) butter, divided

1/3

cup maple-flavored or pancake syrup

1/2

cup sugar

tsp. ground cinnamon

cans (12 oz. each) refrigerated flaky buttermilk biscuits

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cut into 20 cubes

Make It

HEAT oven to 400°F.

SPRINKLE nuts onto bottom of 12-cup fluted pan or 10-inch tube pan sprayed with cooking spray. Melt 2 Tbsp. butter in small microwaveable bowl. Stir in syrup; drizzle over nuts in pan.

MELT remaining butter. Mix sugar and cinnamon in shallow dish. Separate dough into 20 biscuits; flatten each to 1/4-inch thickness. Roll cream cheese cubes in cinnamon sugar mixture until evenly coated; place 1 in center of each biscuit. Gather up sides of dough to enclose filling; press edges together to seal. Roll each into ball; dip top in remaining butter, then in cinnamon sugar. Arrange half the balls, cinnamon sugar-sides up, in prepared pan. Repeat with remaining balls to form second layer. Top with any remaining butter and cinnamon sugar.

BAKE 30 min. or until golden brown. Cool 1 min. in pan; invert onto serving plate. Remove pan. Top buns with any remaining nuts in pan; cool slightly.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

Since these tasty buns serve 20, they make a great addition to your next brunch. And their built-in portion control makes them extra convenient.

How to Store

Wrap leftover buns in foil, then refrigerate to enjoy the next day.

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a cook

posted:1/14/2007

My kids and I made this recipe this morning. It came out just like the picture! We used dried cranberries in place of the pecans as my kids are not big "nut eaters". We thought it was easy and fun to prepare. We will make this again! Yummy....

macmillans5

posted:1/13/2007

I thought the presentation of the recipe was fantastic...it looks just like the picture. My husband did not like the cream cheese in the middle. But, we both really liked the maple sugar, butter, cinnamon/sugar with pecan syrup. I will do this again, but without the cream cheese.

thebigtrout

posted:1/13/2007

These are pretty good. I would say that I don't care for the cream cheese in them. It doesn't taste great, although I love cream cheese in about anything. Also, surprisingly I can't taste the maple butter much. I used real VT maple syrup, but it kind of cooks into the buns, so they're not very sticky, like I like. Lastly, they didn't cook through very well. They were overdone on top and undercooked in the middle. They taste ok, but not earth shattering. With all these amazing ingredients, I expected more. Still, not bad, I'll eat them up!

sue8424

posted:1/9/2007

My family loved this version of an old favorite. It tastes so good when you wake up on a cold weekend morning.

patirn1

posted:1/9/2007

Sinfully delicious!

1378h

posted:11/21/2006

My friend and I really liked these. I also sprinkled cinnamon and sugar over the biscuit after "sealing" in the cream cheese. Fast and very easy to make.