Recipe - Overnight Danish Twists

2 pack Regular or quick active dry
yeast
One half cup Warm water; (105 F to 115 F)
4 cup Allpurpose flour*
1/3 cup Sugar
2 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Cold stick butter; cut into
small pieces* *
4 lg Eggs
1 cup Milk
Jam or preserves

POWDERED SUGAR GLAZE
1 One half cup Powdered sugar
Three fourths teaspoon Vanilla
2 tablespoon Water or milk; up to 3

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 1inch 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 One half 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, One half teaspoon at a time, until drizzling consistency.

* Do not use selfrising 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 MCRecipe Digest V1 #981 by "M. Hicks" nitro_ii@email.msn.com
on Jan 4, 1998