Instructions: 8" Square or round pan

Dough: Put dough ingredients in bread pan in order suggested by your bread machine instructions. Set for white or sweet bread, dough stage. Press Start. Remove dough and punch down.

Filling: Mix brown sugar, cinnamon & butter. Microwave for 6 to 10 seconds to spread easier.

For the smaller recipe, roll dough into a rectangle 7 to 8 inches wide and about 16 inches long. For the larger recipe, cut down in half and roll into two rectangles, each 7 to 8 inches wide and 11 to 12 inches long. Spread filling to edges and roll into long cylinder. Cut into 1 - 2 inch slices.

The rolls can be baked together in baking pans or separately in muffin pans. The muffin-pan rolls are neater and crusty on the outside. If you cook them in baking pans, they will be softer. An 8-inch square baking pan is the perfect size for nine rolls, a 9 x 13 inch pan should hold 15 rolls.

Syrup: Make the syrup by combining butter, brown sugar, and water in a small pan. Heat until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved. Stir well, then pour syrup into the bottoms of the baking pan or muffin-pan cups. Place two pecan halves in the bottom of each muffin cup, or on the top of each roll if you are using a baking pan. Place rolls in muffin cups, or turn them upside down (so pecans are on the bottom) in a baking pan. Cover rolls loosely, set them in a warm place, and let them rise until doubled, 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Bake rolls in a preheated 350 F oven until they are nicely browned, 17 to 22 minutes in a muffin pan, 20 to 25 minutes in a baking pan, The rolls must be removed from the pan immediately, or the sugar syrup will harden. Keeping in mind that excess sugar syrup will run off, invert the pan or muffin pan over a large plate or baking sheet. Let them cool slightly, or the hot sugar will burn your mouth.

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