Sour Cream Twists Recipe 455

EVELYN'S SOUR CREAM TWISTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. In a bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter and shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in eggs, sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla and the yeast mixture; mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate overnight. , Combine sugar and remaining vanilla; lightly sprinkle 1/2 cup over a pastry cloth or countertop surface. On the sugared surface, roll half the dough into a 12x8-in. rectangle; refrigerate remaining dough. Sprinkle rolled dough with about 1 tablespoon of the sugar mixture. Fold rectangle into thirds. , Give dough a quarter turn and repeat rolling, sugaring and folding 2 more times. Roll into a 12x8-in. rectangle. Cut into 4x1-in. strips; twist each strip 2 or 3 times. Place on chilled ungreased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining sugar mixture and dough. , Bake at 375° until lightly browned, 12-14 minutes. Immediately remove from pan and cool on wire racks.

SOUR CREAM TWISTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water. Let stand 5 minutes. In a bowl, stir together flour and salt. Cut in butter an shortening until particles are the size of small peas. Stir in eggs, sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla and the yeast mixture. Mix thoroughly (dough will be stiff and resemble pie pastry). , Combine white sugar and remaining vanilla; lightly sprinkle 1/2 cup over a pastry cloth. Roll out half of the dough into a rectangle. Sprinkle with about 1 tablespoon of the sugar mixture plus some red or green colored sugar. Fold rectangle into thirds (fold one end of dough over center and fold other end over to make three layers). , Give dough a quarter turn and repeat rolling, sugaring, and folding two more times. Roll out into a 16-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Cut into 3-in. x 1-in. strips. Twist each strip two or three times. Place on chilled ungreased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough, sugar mixture and colored sugar. , Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove cookies to wire racks.

SOUR CREAM TWISTS RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• 1Dissolve yeast in lukewarm water in a small bowl. 2 Combine flour and salt in a large bowl and mix well. Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Stir in yeast mixture, sour cream, eggs and vanilla extract. Chill, covered, for 2 hours. 3 Divide dough in half. Roll each half into a 12 × 10-inch rectangle on a work surface. Sprinkle both sides of each rectangle with one-eighth of the granulated sugar. Fold each rectangle into a 10 × 4-inch rectangle. 4 Repeat the process (rolling the dough, sprinkling with sugar and folding in thirds) three times, using remaining sugar. 5 Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Lightly grease baking sheets. 6 Cut each rectangle into 12 (4-inch-long) strips. Shape into twists. Arrange on prepared baking sheets. Bake until lightly browned, about 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

GERMAN TWISTS

Steps:

• Sprinkle yeast over warm water in a bowl and let activate while you complete remaining steps.
• Place flour and salt into a food processor and pulse once or twice to combine. Scatter butter slices over flour and process until butter is thoroughly mixed into the flour, about 1 minute.
• Whisk yeast mixture, sour cream, egg, egg yolks, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; pour mixture into food processor. Pulse several times, just until the dough starts to hold together and clean the sides of the bowl (do not overmix). Remove dough from food processor and divide in half; form each half into a thick disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 2 hours. For best texture, refrigerate overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line several baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Sprinkle a work surface generously with sugar and roll out one of the dough disks into an 8x16-inch rectangle. Sprinkle dough with a generous amount of sugar. Fold the dough over in thirds, letter-style, and roll out again; fold as before and roll out and fold a third time, sprinkling dough with sugar each time. Finally, roll dough into a 4x14-inch rectangle, about 1/4 inch thick. Repeat process with second dough disk.
• Cut strips from the short side of the dough rectangles, making them 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide. Place strips onto the parchment-lined baking sheets, twisting and slightly stretching them. If preferred, form into horseshoe shapes.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cookies will puff up a bit to reveal delicate layers. Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes on sheets before transferring to wire cooling racks.

MIMI'S SOUR CREAM TWISTS

Steps:

• Heat sour cream to lukewarm and cool some.
• Mix yeast and 1/4 cup warm water to proof.
• Add to the yeast the sour cream, soft butter, sugar, salt, egg, and 1 cup flour--beat till smooth.
• Gradually add the other 2 cups flour--mixing well.
• Rise once till doubled.
• On a floured board roll into a 6"x24" rectangle.
• Brush with the second 2 tablespoons soft butter.
• Mix the filling together and spread over half of the rectangle.
• Fold over the other half of the dough--lengthwise.
• Cut 24 1" strips.
• Twist and place on a greased sheet.
• Let rise till doubled.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 12-15 minutes, but don't overbake.
• Remove from baking sheet and drizzle glaze over them.

EVELYN'S SOUR CREAM TWISTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in water; let stand for 5 minutes. In a mixing bowl, combine flour and salt. Cut in butter and shortening until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in eggs, sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla and the yeast mixture; mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate overnight combine sugar and remaining vanilla; lightly sprinkle 1/2 cup over a pastry cloth or countertop surface. On the sugared surface, roll half the dough into a 12-in.x 8-in. rectangle; refrigerate remaining dough. Sprinkle rolled dough with about 1 tablespoon of the sugar mixture. Fold rectangle into thirds. Give dough a quarter turn and repeat rolling, sugaring and folding two more times. Roll into a 12-in. x 8-in. rectangle. Cut into 4-in. x 1-in. strips; twist each strip two or three times. Place on chilled ungreased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining sugar mixture and dough. Bake at 375 degrees F for 12-14 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately remove from pan and cool on wire racks.

OLD FASHION SOUR CREAM TWISTS

Steps:

• Soften yeast in sour cream.
• Add eggs, shortening, salt and vanilla.
• Stir in flour.
• Knead and chill two hours.
• Mix together cinnamon and sugar.
• Roll dough into a rectangle.
• Sprinkle with 1/3 of sugar mixture.
• and fold into thirds.
• Roll dough into rectangle, spinkle with remaining sugar mixture and fold again.
• Cut folded dough into 1/4 inch slices.
• Roll in granulated sugar, twist and press ends down on baking sheet.
• Let rise 1/2 hour and bake at 375 for 12 to 15 minutes.