Butter Crescents Food

BUTTER CRESCENTS

Steps:

• Warm the milk in a small saucepan until bubbles form at the edges; remove from heat. Mix in the butter, sugar, and salt. Let cool until lukewarm. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
• In a large bowl, combine milk and yeast mixtures. Stir in 1 egg. Beat in flour 1 cup at a time until dough pulls together. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl, and turn to coat. Cover with a damp cloth, and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 1 hour.
• Deflate the dough, and turn it out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into two equal pieces, and form into rounds. Cover, and let rest 10 minutes.
• Using a floured rolling pin, roll each dough half into a 12 inch circle. Cut each circle into 6 wedges. Roll each wedge up towards the point. Bend ends inward to form crescents, and place point side down on lightly greased baking sheets. Cover, and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Brush rolls with beaten egg, and bake for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

BUTTER CRESCENT ROLLS

Steps:

• Using the microwave, heat the milk to scald it. Add the butter cubes to a stand mixer and add the milk. Allow to cool for about 3-5 minutes.
• While that's cooling, soften the yeast in the warm water with the teaspoon of sugar and stir.
• Stir the milk and butter and the 1/3 cup of sugar and salt. Add the egg and yeast mixture and mix well.
• Add 2 cups of flour until well mixed and add the rest of the flour 1/4 cup at a time until the the dough is formed and leaves the side of the bowl.
• Remove the dough and knead for about 3 minutes. Spray a medium sized bowl with pan spray and lay the dough inside rolling it the greased bowl. Cover with saran wrap and allow the dough to rise until almost doubled in size, about an hour.
• Remove the dough from the bowl and cut in half. Allow the dough to rest for about 10 minutes. Heat the oven to 365*.
• Roll out into a 12-inch circle. Using a pizza cutter, slice into 12 even wedges.
• Roll each wedge wide side first. Repeat with remaining dough.
• Place on a greased baking sheet and bake for about 15-17 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven and brush on melted butter on the hot rolls.
• Place any remaining rolls in a ziploc bag. These will stay fresh for bout 3 days or so.

BUTTER CRESCENTS

Steps:

• Cut butter into flour.
• Combine egg yolk with sour cream and add to flour mixture.
• Form into a ball and wrap in wax paper.
• Chill overnight.
• Divide dough into 4 portions.
• Roll each into a 12 inch circle.
• Spread fruit filling evenly over entire circle.
• Cut into 16 wedges.
• Roll from wide end to form crescents.
• Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 375 degrees F for 20 minutes or until delicately browned.
• Dust with confectioners sugar when cool.

CRESCENTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Cream sugar and butter. Add flour, vanilla and nut meats. Roll a small piece between your hands and form into small crescents. (2 1/2 inches) Bake 20 to 25 minutes. When cool, roll in powdered sugar. These are better the second day.

CRESCENTS

Steps:

• If using butter it must be cold. Mix butter with flour until it resembles fine crumbs. Add white sugar, nuts, and salt. Mix well, adding ice water till you make stiff dough.
• Add vanilla extract and knead lightly. Roll out on floured board 1/4 inch thick.
• Cut into crescent shapes using a whiskey glass coated with flour.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (180 degrees C) until bottoms are lightly browned. While hot, roll in confectioner's sugar, (I usually use a brown bag or baggie bag to roll the cookies in with the powdered sugar).

HOT BUTTERED RUM CRESCENTS

Steps:

• Prepare topping: In sauce pan, combine topping ingredients.
• Cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a rolling boil.
• Spoon topping equally into two 9-inch ungreased cake pans.
• Crescents: Combine brown sugar, pecans, and rum flavoring.
• Seperate crescent dough into triangles.
• Brush triangles with melted butter or margarine.
• Sprinkle each triange with sugar mixture.
• Roll triangles up.
• Cut them in half crosswise.
• Place cut side down in pan. (One can of crescent rolls will go into each 9-inch round cake pan. It will look like the pans aren't full before you bake them, but see my picture after baking--they fill the pans perfectly).
• Brush tips with melted butter or margarine.
• Place pan on foil or cookie sheet during baking to prevent spillovers.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Immediately invert pan to remove rolls or just use a big spoon or spatula to scoop up the desired serving onto individual plates and you can also spoon as little or as much of the sauce mixture onto the tops of the rolls as you want as well.

CRESCENT COOKIES

Steps:

• Cream butter and add sugar, vanilla and water.
• Sift flour and salttogether and stir into mixture. Add pecans and stir well.
• Using portions about the size of a small walnut; roll into cresent shape.
• Bake in slow oven, that means 325 degrees, about 20 minutes.
• While cookies are still warm; roll in powdered sugar.