Maple Twists

I highly recommend that you lot visit Mennonite Girls Can Cook. They posted a sugariness whorl recipe that looked delicious; it was called Charlotte Rose's Maple Twists. Three hours later, this beauty was cooling on my kitchen counter. It may audio complicated, but it actually isn't as well as the terminal production is a exhibit stopper.

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It is a LOT easier than it looks!!

DOUGH
2 and 3/4 to 3 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
3/4 CUP MILK
1/4 CUP BUTTER
3 TABLESPOONS SUGAR
1/2 TEASPOON SALT
1 TABLESPOON DRY ACTIVE YEAST
1 TEASPOON MAPLE EXTRACT
1 EGG

Heat the milk as well as butter until really warm. Blend it (in stand upwards mixer) amongst ane loving cup of flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt, yeast, egg as well as maple extract. Beat this on depression for ii minutes. Add the residuum of the flour 1/2 loving cup at a fourth dimension (you may non postulate all 3 cups). Knead into a soft dough. It volition boot the bucket smoothen an elastic inward near 5 minutes. Cover bowl amongst plastic roll as well as allow it rising for 45 minutes (or till at to the lowest degree double inward size).

While the dough is rising, brand the streusel:
1/4 loving cup melted butter
1/2 loving cup white sugar
1/3 loving cup chopped nuts (I used pecans)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon maple extract
Mix everything together as well as ready aside.

ASSEMBLY
After the dough rises, separate it into iii pieces. Roll each slice into a 12" circle. Place the origin circle on a buttered 14" pizza pan (I used parchment newspaper as well as sprayed it a little). Top the origin circle amongst 1/3 of the streusel mixture as well as spread it some every bit sparse every bit you lot tin dismiss larn it (repeat amongst 2nd and tertiary circles).

Find something that is 2" across (like a dixie cup) as well as middle it on the circles (press downwardly a lilliputian to brand a mark). Using scissors, cutting from the outer border into the loving cup mark, making sixteen wedges.

Gently elevator as well as twist each department 5 times. Tuck the halt inward only a lilliputian hence that it stays twisted. You should stimulate got sixteen twisted sections.

 Lightly encompass this amongst plastic roll as well as allow it rising for near 45 minutes to an hour. Bake inward a 375° oven for 18-22 minutes (mine took the sum 22 minutes). Remove from oven as well as allow residuum for 5 minutes earlier you lot top amongst glaze.

GLAZE

1 loving cup powdered sugar

2 tablespoons melted butter

1 to ii tablespoons milk

1/2 teaspoon maple extract

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (my tweak)

Whisk until smoothen as well as drizzle over warm rolls.

NOTE: I didn't stimulate got whatever maple extract, hence I used a Crescent flavoring called Mapeline (worked great).
 

NOTE: Sorry near the photograph quality, the maple twists were likewise large to gibe into my calorie-free box, hence I had to accept the photograph on the kitchen counter...like the erstwhile days, lol.