Butter Coffee Twists Food

MAPLE-NUT COFFEE TWIST

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat milk and margarine until very warm (120*-130*F).
• In large bowl, blend warm liquid, 1 cup flour, sugar, salt, yeast, extract and egg at low speed until moistened.
• Beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
• By hand, stir in remaining flour to form a soft dough.
• Knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 2 minutes.
• Place dough in greased bowl; turn greased-side-up.
• Cover; let rise in warm place until light and doubled in size, 45 to 60 minutes.
• In small bowl, combine filling ingredients, set aside.
• Grease (not oil) 12-inch pizza pan.
• Punch down dough; divide and shape into 3 balls.
• On floured surface, roll or press 1 ball of dough to cover bottom of prepared pizza pan.
• Place in prepared pizza pan.
• Brush dough with about 1/3 of melted margarine; sprinkle with 1/3 Filling.
• Repeat layer of dough, melted margarine and Filling.
• To shape place a glass about 2 inches in diameter in center of dough, (a shot glass works perfectly)
• With pizza cutter, cut from outside edge to the glass, forming 16 pie-shaped wedges.
• Twist each wedge 5 times. Remove glass.
• Cover; let rise until light and doubled in size, 30 to 45 minutes.
• Heat oven to 375*F.
• Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan.
• In small bowl, blend Glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over warm coffee cake.

BUTTER TWISTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until creamy. Mix in vanilla and egg white. Reduce speed to low. Add salt and flour; mix until combined.
• Roll dough into 3/4-inch balls. Roll each ball into a 6-inch log. Bend log in half, then twist. Space 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
• Bake, rotating halfway through, until cookies just begin to turn golden, 13 to 15 minutes. Let cool on parchment on wire racks.

SWEDISH CINNAMON TWISTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the buttermilk, butter, sugar, eggs, salt, baking soda and 5 cups flour. Beat until smooth. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1-1/2 hours. , Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide in half. Roll each into a 16-in. x 9-in. rectangle; brush with butter. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over dough. , Fold in half lengthwise, forming a 16-in. x 4-1/2-in. rectangle; pinch edges to seal. Cut into 4-1/2-in. x 1-in. strips; twist each strip two or three times. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. , Bake at 375° for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm twists.

MAPLE BUTTER TWISTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast. In a saucepan, heat milk and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add eggs; beat on medium for 2 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a firm dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 5-7 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 70 minutes., In a small bowl, combine the first 7 filling ingredients; beat for 2 minutes. Punch dough down; turn onto a lightly floured surface. Divide in half; roll each into a 16x8-in. rectangle. Spread filling to within 1/2 in. of edges. Sprinkle with nuts. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side., With a sharp knife, cut each roll in half lengthwise. Open halves so cut side is up; gently twist ropes together. Transfer to 2 greased 9-in. round baking pans. Coil into a circle. Tuck ends under; pinch to seal. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes., Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Combine the confectioners' sugar, maple flavoring and enough milk to reach desired consistency; drizzle over warm cakes.

BUTTER COFFEE TWISTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• stir together flour and baking powder.
• in a large mixing bowl combine 1 tsp hot water and coffee granules, stir until dissolved.
• add butter beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds or until creamy.
• add white sugar and beat mixture until fluffy.
• add flour mixture a little at a time until well blended.
• divide dough into 30 small balls.
• keep half of the balls covered and chilled until ready to use.
• lightl flour your work surface.
• roll each ball into a 9 inch long rope, then twist slightly.
• place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• combine the egg white and 1 Tbsp of water.
• brush over cookies.
• bake at 350 F for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• cool 1 minute on cookie sheet before transfering to wire cooling rack.
• drizzle with icing while slightly warm.
• Icing.
• in a small bowl combine powdered sugar and vanilla extract,and enough water to achieve desired consistency.
• beat until smooth.