Maple Walnut Twists Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 C).
• Mix cream cheese, confectioner's sugar, and margarine or butter. Reserve.
• Mix brown sugar, nuts, and syrup in ungreased 13x9x2 inch pan. Spread evenly.
• Mix baking mix, milk, white sugar, and egg until dough forms. Beat vigorously 20 strokes. Gently smooth dough into a ball on a cloth-covered board dusted with baking mix. Knead 8 times.
• Roll the dough out into a 16x9 inch rectangle. Spread with the cream cheese mixture. Carefully fold the dough lengthwise into thirds. Press edges to seal securely. Cut into 16 1-inch strips. Gently twist ends of strips in opposite directions. Arrange on the brown sugar mixture.
• Bake at 425 degrees F (220 C) until brown, about 15 minutes. Invert on a heatproof serving plate. Refrigerate any remaining rolls.

Steps:

• Preheat a dry skillet over a medium-high heat. Add the walnuts, maple syrup and salt. Cook, stirring frequently, until syrup is caramelized and nuts are toasted, about 3 minutes. Let cool.

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• Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and brown sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the maple syrup, egg, vanilla and maple extract. (The mixture may look curdled.) Reduce the mixer speed to medium low; add the flour mixture and beat until combined. Cover and refrigerate until the dough is no longer sticky, about 30 minutes (it will still be soft).
• Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray. Put the turbinado sugar in a shallow dish. Roll tablespoonfuls of the dough into 1-inch balls, then roll in the turbinado sugar. Press a walnut half into the center of each cookie and arrange 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake, switching the pans halfway through, until the edges of the cookies are set but the centers are still soft, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to racks to cool completely.

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.

Steps:

• 1. Mix all filling ingredients together and set aside.
• 2. Place flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
• 3. Beat butter and sugar in mixer and add eggs and raisins.
• 4. Add the flour mixture and milk to butter mixture - alternating.
• 5. Turn dough onto floured surface. Shape into a ball and cut into four pieces.
• 6. Roll one piece of dough into a 12 inch log on floured surface. Take a rolling pin and very gently roll the log into a 5" x 12" rectangle.
• 7. Place 1/4 of the filling along the bottom edge of the dough and fold the top edge of the dough over the filling. Pinch the seems and flatten the rectangle a little with your hands - making a "package".
• 8. Cut the dough vertically into 1" pieces. You'll wind up with about 12 pieces.
• 9. Hold each cookie piece in hands and twist twice away from your body. Place on cookie sheet and press the ends of each cookie down onto the cookie sheet.
• 10. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. They do not brown.
• 11. Repeat with other four pieces of dough.
• 12. Mix icing ingredients in bowl.
• 13. When the cookies are cool, top with icing. I just use my finger to "paint" the icing on top.
• 14. Now...(and this is important)...make a cup of tea, take two cookies and sit in your special chair. Eat and sip....or do what I do...dunk and eat. OMG - you will be so happy!!!!!

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• Measure carefully, placing all ingredients except Walnut Filling and Maple Icing in bread machine pan in the order recommended by the manufacturer.Select Dough/Manual cycle. Do not use delay cycles.Remove dough from pan, using lightly floured hands. Cover and let rest 10 minutes on lightly floured surface. Prepare Walnut Filling.Grease rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches. Roll or pat dough into 16x10-inch rectangle on lightly floured surface. Spread half of the filling lengthwise down center third of rectangle. Fold one outer third of dough over filling spread remaining filling over folded dough. Fold remaining third of dough over filling pinch edge to seal.Cut crosswise into sixteen 1-inch strips. Holding a strip at each end, twist in opposite directions. Place strips about 1 inch apart in pan, forming 2 rows or 8 strips each. Cover and let rise in warm place 50 to 60 minutes or until double. (Dough is ready if indentation remains when touched.)Heat oven to 350°. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Drizzle Maple Icing over warm twists. Serve warm.For Walnut Filling:Mix all ingredients.For Maple Icing:Mix all ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle.1 twist: 190 calories (55 calories from fat) 6g fat (1g saturated) 15mg cholesterol 230mg sodium 32g carbohydrate (1g dietary fiber) 3g protein.Do-ahead NoteAfter you have placed the twists in the pan, cover it with plastic wrap. You can refrigerate it from 4-48 hours. Before baking, remove the dough from the refrigerator and remove the plastic wrap. Cover with kitchen towel and let rise in a warm place about 2 hours or until it is almost double. Then continue as the recipe tells you.ShapingSpread filling lengthwise down center third of rectangle. Fold one outer third of dough over filling spread with remaining filling over folded dough. Cut crosswise into 16 1-inch strips. Holding a strip at each end, twist in opposite directions.From "Betty Crocker's Best Bread Machine Cookbook, The Goodness of Homemade Bread the Easy Way." Text Copyright 1999 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.)
• In a saucepan, Mix brown sugar and flour. Add maple syrup, butter and salt. Heat until butter melts, stirring constantly.
• In a medium bowl, beat eggs with maple flavoring. Stir in sugar mixture. Pour into unbaked pie shell and sprinkle with walnuts.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until filling is set.