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Just wanted to say I made the Ina Garten recipe that PumpkinBear recommended. They were awesome! I did double the pecans and used dried cherries instead of raisins. Thank you all for your suggestions. I'm planning on having many more brunches so I can try all of them!

If they have it in your area, frozen Bridgeford bread dough works in a pinch. Let it thaw, roll it out 1/4-inch thick, sprinkle with sugar & cinnamon combined, and add anything else you like (nuts, dried apricots, raisins, etc). Roll up tightly, cut into 1-inch thick (more or less) slices.

Heavily butter baking pans (a good half stick or more for a 9x13), sprinkle with brown sugar, and if you like a drizzle of treacle, honey, or maple syrup if you're into that, the the pecans.

Arrange the rolls on top, leaving a good inch all the way around them (better to do in multiple pans than to crowd them and have undercooked rolls in the center). Brush the tops with some butter. Let them rise until doubled. Bake at 350 for about 40 minutes (I would think), covering with foil if the tops get too brown. A thermometer inserted in the middle should be about 200 degrees for the rolls to be fully cooked.

I improvised something like this Easter morning and it turned out quite well, but I can't recall how long they took to bake.

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