Maple Butter Twists Recipes

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.

MAPLE BUTTER TWIST KUCHEN

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water.
• Stir in milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and 2 1/2 cups flour.
• Beat until smooth.
• Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured board; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
• Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up.
• (At this point dough can be refrigerated 3-4 days.) Cover and let rise in warm place until double, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Punch dough down.
• Divide dough in half, using 1/2 at a time.
• Roll dough into rectangle, 15"x9".
• Cream the filling ingredients together.
• Spread each 15"x9" rolled rectangle with 1/2 of the filling ingredients.
• Roll up, beginning at wide side.
• Pinch edge of dough into roll to seal well.
• Stretch roll to make even.
• With sealed edge down, shape into ring on lightly greased baking sheet.
• Pinch ends together.
• With scissors or sharp knife, make cuts 2/3 of the way through ring at 1" intervals.
• Twist each section on its side with the cut side out.
• Let ring rise until double.
• Bake 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees until top is golden brown.
• While warm, frost with icing.

MAPLE BUTTER

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, brown sugar, maple syrup and pumpkin pie spice until well blended. Chill in the refrigerator, for about 30 minutes. Form into a roll using waxed paper and store wrapped. It can be frozen for later at this point if desired.

MAPLE NUT TWIST

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the contents of roll mix and yeast packets with sugar. Stir in water, butter, egg and maple flavoring; mix well., Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover with plastic wrap; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour., Combine first five filling ingredients in a small bowl; set aside. Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into thirds., Roll one portion of dough into a 12-in. circle; transfer to a greased 12-in. pizza pan. Brush with a third of the butter; sprinkle with a third of the filling. Repeat two times with the remaining dough, butter and filling, placing each circle of dough over the previous layer. Pinch outer edges to seal., Place a small glass at the center of the dough. With scissors, cut from the outside edge to the glass to form 16 wedges. Remove glass; twist each wedge three times. Cover with plastic wrap coated with cooking spray; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 30 minutes., Preheat oven to 375°. Uncover dough. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pan to a wire rack.