Recipes · Desserts
Callie’s Cinnamon Stickies
- Serves
- 10-12
- Meal
- Desserts, Sweets, Snacks
- Issue
- DECEMBER 2019
Ingredients
For the topping:
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 Tbs. ground cinnamon
For the stickies:
- 2 cups self-rising flour, White Lily preferred, plus more for dusting
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 14 Tbs. (1¾ sticks) butter, divided:
- 8 Tbs. cut into cubes and kept at room temperature and 6 Tbs. melted 1/4 cup (2 oz.) cream cheese, brought to room temperature 3/4 cup whole buttermilk, plus 1 Tbs. if needed (may substitute low-fat)
Method
Combine all of the ingredients and set aside.
Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper and flour the paper generously.
Place two cups of flour in a large bowl. Mix in the two sugars. Incorporate the cubed butter and then the cream cheese into the flour, using your fingers to “cut in” the butter and cream cheese until mixture resembles chunky cottage cheese.
Make a well in the center. Pour in the buttermilk and, using your hands or a small rubber spatula, mix the flour into the buttermilk. The dough will be wet and messy.
Sprinkle flour on the dough and turn the dough out onto the prepared baking sheet. Press into a rectangle. Flour the top generously and roll out into a 1/4-inch-thick rectangle. Use a pastry brush to remove excess flour from the top of the dough. Then brush the top with four tablespoons of the melted butter. Sprinkle two-thirds of the topping over the dough.
With well-floured hands and working from the long side, use the parchment paper to lift and roll the dough into a log. Smooth the dough, and freeze it for 45 minutes on the baking sheet.
While the log is freezing, preheat the oven to 500°F. Line another rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
Trim the ends of the log and cut it into 1/2-inch-thick slices using a serrated knife. (Flouring the knife will help keep the dough from sticking.) Lay the slices flat on the prepared baking sheet. Brush them with the remaining two tablespoons of melted butter and sprinkle with the remaining third of the topping.
Place the stickies in the oven and immediately reduce the oven temperature to 400°F. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, rotating the pan once, until golden brown. Serve warm.
You can make, shape, cut, and top the stickies the night before and refrigerate them to bake in the morning.
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