Maple Butter Twists Recipes

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.

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. Add the butter, sugar, egg, maple flavoring, salt and 1-1/2 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, 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 hour. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the sugar, walnuts, cinnamon and maple flavoring; set aside. , Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into thirds. Roll each portion into a 12-in. circle; place 1 circle on a greased baking sheet or 12-in. baking pan. Spread with a third of the butter; sprinkle with a third of the filling. Repeat layers twice. Pinch edges of dough to seal., Carefully place a glass in center of circle. With scissors, cut from outside edge just to the glass, forming 16 wedges. Remove glass; twist each wedge 5 or 6 times. Pinch ends to seal and tuck under. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes., Bake at 375° until golden brown, 18-20 minutes. In a small bowl, combine glaze ingredients; set aside. Carefully remove coffee cake from pan by running a metal spatula under it to loosen; transfer to a wire rack. Drizzle with glaze.

Steps:

• Pour maple syrup into a medium saucepan; add cinnamon. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until a candy thermometer registers 240 degrees (soft-ball stage), 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the pan from heat, discard cinnamon stick, and stir in butter until melted.
• Immediately transfer mixture to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat, starting on low and increasing to high, until mixture is thick, opaque, and creamy, about 8 minutes. Store in an airtight container, refrigerated, up to 2 weeks.