Sticky Buns with Rosalie

on Friday night when i got home from my second job (i know, two jobs makes me totally legit - am i slightly less legit if i only work at that second job for like 2 hours a week???) i made sticky buns using my dear friend Rosalie. she makes life SO simple! steven was coming by on his way to san diego and desperately needed some dessert (or dinner...of pure sugar...with an energy drink, whichever you prefer). anyway, they were AMAZING and so STINKING easy that i thought i would share. these are an INA: the Barefoot Contessa recipe...so i give her all the credit...

1 and 1/2 sticks butter (AT ROOM TEMPERATURE)

1/3 cup brown sugar

mix together in the kitchenaid (aka. Rosalie)

put a tablespoon of the buttery sugary concoction in to the bottom of each muffin spot in a muffin tin

then put some pecans into each muffin spot in that same muffin tin

melt the other 1/2 stick of butter in a bowl and get out your pastry brush

take the 2 sheets of puff pastry that you allowed to defrost in the refrigerator overnight out of the refrigerator.

flour your board and then roll out the puff pastry - just enough so that it isn't going to break or tear

brush the entire pastry with the melted butter

sprinkle over the pastry 1/3 cup brown sugar then 1 and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon and 1 teaspoon nutmeg (i added the nutmeg - that isn't on Ina's recipe!)

at this point Ina says you should add 1/3 cup raisins - i skipped these! STILL AMAZING!

roll up the pastry but do not press down on it - let the edges meet

cut off the ends and then cut the remaining roll into 6 equal parts

put the cut sections into the muffin tins and do it all again (from the brush the entire pastry with melted butter) to make the additional 6 rolls

put them in the oven and you're DONE! (i think the oven temp. was 350 for 18-22 mins?? - that might be trader joes garlic french fries though - i'll check and edit this tomorrow!!)

when them come out of the oven, IMMEDIATELY dump them onto a lined sheet pan to cool!

YOU'LL BE SO HAPPY YOU MADE THEM!!!Here they are RAW and ready to go in the ovenThis is what they look like JUST DUMPED out of the muffin tin...Here is a close up...i know...they're TOTALLY legit! {just like me and my 2 jobs!}