Do You Think I Could Prep This the Night Before?

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Discussion Overview

This thread explores the possibility of preparing a recipe for Pull-Apart Maple Pecan Sticky Buns the night before Christmas, focusing on the use of canned biscuits and concerns about their rising during baking.

Discussion Character

  • Anecdotal
  • Opinion-based

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire to prepare the dish the night before due to its labor-intensive nature.
  • Another participant believes that pre-prepping the dish is feasible but questions whether the biscuits might rise overnight.
  • Some participants share concerns about the biscuits potentially going flat, noting their experience with similar recipes.
  • One participant suggests keeping the biscuits refrigerated until baking to maintain their quality.
  • Another participant mentions using frozen dough in a similar recipe, indicating that it also rose well overnight.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Views differ regarding the potential for the biscuits to rise or go flat when prepared in advance, with no clear consensus emerging on the best approach.

Contextual Notes

Participants share personal experiences related to preparing similar recipes, specifically focusing on the use of canned and frozen biscuit dough.

Who May Find This Useful

Consultants interested in time-saving strategies for holiday baking may find the shared experiences relevant.

pamperedlinda
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I want to make this for Christmas morning, but it's kind of labor-intensive. Since it's made with canned biscuits, do you think I could prep it the night before and wrap it good then bake in the morning?

Here's the link to the recipe and a photo (these are so sinfully good!) Pull-Apart Maple Pecan Sticky Buns recipe at Kraftfoods.com

heres' the recipe text:

Ingredients:
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
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
2 cans (12 oz. each) refrigerated flaky buttermilk biscuits
1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cut into 20 cubes

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.
 
WOW...that sounds good!!!!! I don't see why you can't prep this this nite before and wrap it good...although just now as I type this, do you think the bisquits might rise?? If you make this let us know how it turns out...might be good for New Yrs. Day breakfast...my Christmas breakfast is already set...
 
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pamperedbybarbara said:
......do you think the bisquits might rise?? ...

I am worried that they might go flat since they are canned biscuits.
 
Keep them refrigerated until the morning, and they should be fine. :thumbup:
 
I have made something like that the night before too but I used the frozen dough and the rise a bit too . The bisquits may get flat
 

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