""Over-the-top, sticky, gooey goodness — or, as I like to call it, 'love.'" That's how pastry chef Catherine Schimenti describes the thrilling moment she first dipped a warm sticky bun into sweet-salty butterscotch sauce. Schimenti flavors the sauce with a splash of Scotch. "I love adding glamour to old-school desserts," she says...."
INGREDIENTS
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3/4 whole milk
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1 plus 1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast
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1/2 granulated sugar
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1 unsalted butter
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2 eggs
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4 all-purpose flour
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1 kosher salt
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1 light brown sugar
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2 cinnamon
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1 pecan halves
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1/2 packed dark brown sugar
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6 unsalted butter
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3 Scotch whiskey
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2.5 sweetened condensed milk
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2 water
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2 crème fraîche
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1.5 corn syrup
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1/4 salt
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1/8 pure vanilla extract
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1/8 baking powder