Suzanne'S Sticky Buns

Directions

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   {"0":"Preheat oven to 400. Grease tube pan. Sprinkle pecans (and optional raisins) on bottom of prepared pan; set aside. Melt 2 TBSP of the butter in a small bowl. Add syrup and stir until well blended. Drizzle over pecans\/raisins in pan and set aside.","2":"Melt remaining 6 TBSP butter and set aside. Mix together sugar and cinnamon in a shallow dish and set aside. Separate dough into 20 biscuits; press each slightly to 1\/4 inch thickness. Roll cream cheese cubes in cinnamon sugar mixture until evenly coated on all sides. Place one coated cube in center of each biscuit; gather up sides of dough to enclose the filling. Press edges of dough together to sea; roll into a ball. Dip top of each ball into remaining butter, then into cinnamon sugar.","4":"Arrange half of the balls, cinnamon sugar-sides up, in prepared tube pan. Repeat with remaining balls to form a second layer. Drizzle with any remaining butter; sprinkle with any remaining cinnamon sugar.","6":"Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 1 minute in pan and invert onto a serving platter. Scrape any remaining pecans\/raisins left in pan and spoon over buns. Serve warm."}