Orange Pecan Sticky Buns - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 tablespoons butter, softened (not melted)
3 tablespoons finely chopped pecans
1 tablespoon grated orange zest
1 tablespoon honey
1 (12 ounce) can refrigerated pillsbury butter tasting biscuits
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Heat oven to 400.
In small bowl, combine margarine, 1 tablespoon chopped pecans, orange zest and honey; mix well. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons chopped pecans in bottom of 8 or 9 in square baking pan.
Separate dough into ten biscuits.
Separate each biscuit into 2 layers.
Spread top of 10 biscuit halves with 1 teaspoon of orange honey mixture.
Top each with remaining biscuit halves and press together to form 10 filled biscuits. Seal edges.
In a gentle manner, pull then twist each biscuit with your hands about 4-5 times to form 3 1/2 inch twisted rope (kind of like wringing out wet clothes but in a gentle way). Once this is done, wrap the rope around your finger and place formed rolls in baking pan.
In a small saucepan, combine sugar, orange juice and vanilla.
Cook over high hear until sugar is melted and syrup begins to boil, stirring constantly. Spoon over rolls.
Bake about 20 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool in pan 2 minutes, invert onto serving plate. serve warm.