Brown Sugar Buns Or Rolls

Total Time: 27 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup milk (i've used skim, 1%, 2% and homo over the years and they all work the same)

Recipe

• 1 lightly grease a 12 cup muffin tin (i've used cooking spray and shortening with equal success).
• 2 cream together butter and brown sugar in small bowl and place a generous teaspoon of mixture in each muffin cup. set the rest aside.
• 3 in a large bown mix together flour, baking powder and salt. using a pastry blender, 2 knives or a fork incorporate shortening into flour until they're fully combined.
• 4 make a well in the center and gradually add milk, stirring with a fork until a moist dough forms.
• 5 turn dough out onto a floured surface and with a floured rolling pin roll as close as possible to a 30 x 30 cm (12 x 12 inch) square. trim to form a square.
• 6 spread reserved brown sugar and butter mixture over top, reaching all 4 sides. an offset spatula works really well for this!
• 7 roll dough towards you and reposition seam side down. slice in half, and then into quarters. cut each quarter into 3 pinwheels, approx 1 inch each.
• 8 place 1 roll in each muffin cup, with the filling up.
• 9 bake in a preheated 425 oven for 12 minutes. i find they come out better when i turn my convection off so you may want to try that as well, if it applies. keep an eye on them for the last couple of minutes -- you want to remove them from the oven while the sugar is still bubbling.
• 10 use a spoon to remove them to a rack to cool right away, before the sugar cools. i put waxed paper under the rack to make clean up easier.
• 11 enjoy!