3 sticky recipes

The Japanese version of rice is called "Japonica". It's short grain which makes the rice round and extremely sticky when cooled. You can also use aborio or risotto rice which works well.

Overnight sticky buns from frozen bread dough with brown sugar, vanilla pudding mix, and cinnamon. Mix tonight, bake tomorrow morning. The classic shortcut breakfast.

Sticky monster beef ribs marinated overnight, hickory-smoked low over a beef broth drip pan, then basted with mesquite BBQ sauce until the bark turns glossy black. Backyard beef ribs done right.