The Butler Buns

If i closed my eyes i can imagine being at my parents house, my dad is in the kitchen protecting ( i say protecting because otherwise we would come in and start picking at it) breakfast, my mom is upstairs putting last minute touches on the days events and my sisters and i (and our husband now) are slowly waking up and making our way to the kitchen. On special morning like thanksgiving and christmas there is no need to call us down for breakfast, the sweet aroma of the traditional butler buns are wafting in the air and enticing us to come down and start the day. "Well good morning chicky, happy (insert holiday here)" are the first sounds we here from my dad as we make our way to the coffee pot. By this time my dad has already unloaded the buns and is using his fingers to pick at the pan and offering us the scrapings of what was the buns. This tradition has been long standing in our family and is something that makes our holiday complete (that and moms croissants).
Well, this year will be the first year i won't see my parents on thanksgiving, so in honor of family tradition i decided to try and make them myself.
i did everything they said: Place them in the pan, NOT TO CLOSE!

Let them rise over night (hahah, maybe a little too close)

Put them in the oven on a pan

Cook for 30 min or until they "thump" (the technical term) and sound hallow

Let them rest...

and as Emril says : "BAM" they are ready.

Ok, so they are actually not supposed to have lumps of on the top... the topping is supposed to be gooey all over, however, they were still delicious.
Typically the tops don't have enough flavor (and by that i mean they are just bread and in my mind, why waste your time on "just bread") so we will eat the bottom and discard the tops. But this time i decided to add a little butter and the brown sugar and butterscotch mixture to the top so that maybe i wouldn't waste so much (because we all know i eat so much)
This was only my first time making them... next time i will be even more generous with the dry ingredients!!
I will admit without my dad protecting the rolls i burned my tongue and fingers by trying to eat them too quickly. In true family traditions i totally ate more then i needed, if S doesn't get home soon there won't be any left for him to have!
They were good... but dad you make them better!!