Overnight danish twists

27 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 packs Regular or quick active dry yeast
½ cup Warm water; (105 F to 115 F)
4 cups All-purpose flour*
⅓ cup Sugar
2 teaspoons Salt
1 cup Cold stick butter; cut into small pieces* *
4 larges Eggs
1 cup Milk
Jam or preserves
1½ cup Powdered sugar
¾ teaspoon Vanilla
2 tablespoons Water or milk; up to 3

Directions

POWDERED SUGAR GLAZE

Dissolve yeast in warm water in large bowl. Mix in flour, sugar and salt.

Cut in butter, using pastry blender or crisscrossing 2 knives, until mixture looks like fine crumbs. Separate egg yolks from egg whites; refrigerate egg whites for use in steps 5 and 7. Stir egg yolks and milk into flour mixture until soft dough forms.

Cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 8 hours but no longer than 24 hours. Lightly grease 2 large cookie sheets with shortening.

Punch down dough. Divide dough into 3 equal parts. Roll 1 part dough at a time into rectangle, 9 x ‘7 inches, on lightly floured surface. (If dough becomes too sticky while shaping, refrigerate 5 to 10 minutes.) Cut rectangle crosswise into nine 1-inch strips.

For each twist, pinch ends of each strip together to form ring, stretching strip slightly, then twist to form figure 8. Place at least 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Brush with egg white. Let rise uncovered at room tem- perature about 25 minutes or until dough is puffy and loops fill in.

Heat oven to 350 F.

Make an indentation in center of each loop. Fill with ½ to 1 teasoon jam.

Brush dough with egg white. Bake about 15 minutes or until light golden brown. Immediately remove to wire rack; cool slightly. Drizzle Powdered Sugar Glaze over warm twists.

POWDERED SUGAR GLAZE: Mix all ingredients until smooth. If necessary, stir in additional water, ½ teaspoon at a time, until drizzling consistency.

* Do not use self-rising flour in this recipe.

**We do not recommend using margarine or vegetable oil spreads.

Yield: 27 twists

Recipe by: Betty Crocker's Best of Baking Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #981 by "M. Hicks" <nitro_ii@...> on Jan 4, 1998

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