Saturday, January 24, 2009

Apple Cinnamon Twists

....sugar and spice and everything nice

I had some Bauman apples that needed using up, what better way to eat apples than coated with cinnamon sugar and baked in a yeast roll? Warm from the oven, these rolls quickly disappeared. I am sending a batch over to A Southern Grace for her "Cinnamon Celebration".

Apple Cinnamon Twists

Rolls:
5 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
2 pkgs. yeast
1 cup milk
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup honey
2 eggs

Filling:
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp. freshly ground cinnamon
1 cup finely chopped apples
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup finely chopped nuts

Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
4 to 6 tsp. cold water

Combine 2 cups flour, salt and yeast. Heat milk, water, butter and honey. Add to flour mixture along with eggs. Beat at medium speed for 3 minutes. Add remaining flour, knead until dough pulls cleanly away from sides of bowl. Cover and let rest for 30 minutes, dough will double in size.

Punch down dough, divide in half. Roll out half of dough to a 12-inch square, brush with half of melted butter. Spread half of apple sugar filling on center of dough, sprinkle with 1/4 cup of nuts. Fold 1/3 of dough over nuts. Spread additional 1/4 cup of apple mixture and nuts. Fold over remaining 1/3 of dough. Cut into 1-inch strips. Twist each strip. Place on greased sheet or parchment paper. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Uncover twists, let stand at room temperature 10 minutes. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from pan, drizzle with glaze.

41 comments:

Theresa said...

Linda, I'm really drooling here. Send some my way too, please!!

Grace said...

ack!! these are amazing! forget cinnamon rolls...this is/will become my favorite cinnamon breakfast-type treat. bravo, and thanks for sending it my way!! :)

******* said...

Oh my! That's all I have to say. LOL

Kevin said...

These twists look so good!

mikky said...

definitely a must try for me... yours look so inviting... :) happy chinese new year!!!

recipes2share said...

I think I can almost smell the sweet aroma of cinnamon - delicious!

OhioMom said...

LOL Theresa, the food critic wanted me to hide these away :)

Grace .. knowing how you love apples and cinnamon, I guarantee you will love these!

Thanks Maryann :)

They are Kevin .. :)

Thanks Mikky, and Happy Chinese New Year to you.

R2S .. these are amazing warm from the oven.

NellJean said...

Those look incredibly good. I have to get some microfiber drool bibs to protect my keyboard.

Nell

giz said...

Save me - please - these look absolutely French pastry store quality and I wouldn't be able to resist this with a good cup of coffee - total heaven.

shambo said...

The rolls look absolutely delicious. I love the idea of the apple filling. I think I could eat about four just as a starter.

perennialgardener said...

I hope you saved one for me Mom. It would make a nice compliment to a big cup of hot coffee. :)

Carla said...

I want to go make this now. I bought a bunch of yeast packets yesterday on sale at Dollar General, so now I can make plenty of bread.

Lucy said...

Oooh my word, that looks so amazing!!!

OhioMom said...

LOL Jean .. this dough is very easy to work with, next time I will probably freeze half because it made so many.

Thanks Giz :) I will definitely be practicing with different fillings with this dough.

Sue lucky for me they guys loved these, hard to lose/maintain weight when I bake, I am so tempted :)

Racquel, "if" you lived closer you could have whatever treats you wanted ... :)

Hi Carla .. this is definitely a dough you want to make.

Thanks Lucy my friend :)

Peter M said...

Toss some up my way...I hear you have a good arm!

OhioMom said...

LOL Peter ... and I would love to sit at your table :)

Paula said...

Wow! I'm not much of a sweet eater, but these could quite possibly change all that! These look amazing, like something from one of those fancy upscale bakeries. YUM!

Paula said...

Ha! I'm back again! You and I are on the same schedule! I just left a msg here, and saw that you just left one for me! Great minds and all that ... :-)

OhioMom said...

Hi Paula ... these are so easy to make, and you could use gluten free flour, mix the filling up with raisins, dates etc.

Navita (Gupta) Hakim said...

Oh how luscious ...i love the twist in the apple...n its such great frends with cinnamon...

firs time here :) U gotta a nice place

Elenka said...

I am trying soooo hard NOT to make this !! lol
I must print this recipe incase (hopefully) I have a weak moment !

Lisa said...

Quite beautiful! I'm sure Grace will love them. I might have to try them myself.

OhioMom said...

Hi Navita, thank you and thanks for stopping by.

Elenka .. you have to try these, when you divide the dough in half, freeze some for later, see I already saved you calories :)

Lisa .. thank you. Grace and I are cinnamon and apple lovers :)

Just the Right Size said...

Ohhh, I bet one of those would be great with my coffee this morning!

Donna-FFW said...

OMG!! Just discovered your blog. You have some great stuf on here. These look awesome!!! I want one!! I am starring this!

OhioMom said...

Hi Kathy .. thank you :)

Hi Donna, thanks I hope you enjoy :)

******* said...

You are a sweety. You know that?

OhioMom said...

Maryann

Ya think so ? I can also be very opinionated, stubborn and am very set in my ways :)

Lynn said...

Ok as we speak my apple Cinnamon Twists are in the frig... This is going to be a long 2 hours. I am going to be eating them at midnight!!! LOL They look so good and were so easy!!! I am sure they are going to be WONDERFUL!!

Lynn said...

All I can say is OH MY GOSH!!!
There is a cake called better than sex cake. That cake has nothing on these Cinnamon Twists!!!! This one goes in my recipe book with
5 *****'s
THANKS FOR SHARING...

OhioMom said...

Lynn .. I am so glad you enjoyed them, thanks so much for coming by to let me know you baked them :)

Deeba @Passionate About Baking said...

YUM...Linda, absolutely warming & delicious.

OhioMom said...

Thanks PB :)

MrBrownThumb said...

OhioMom,

These look so tasty.

btw I responded to your comment saying if you wanted some of "those" seeds to send me an email and I'll mail you some.

Tasty Trends said...

i love cinnamon twists! its soo sweet and spicy! quite yummy!

OhioMom said...

Thanks MBT .. and big thanks for those seeds :)

Thanks TT :)

Sophie said...

Innncredible! I hope you don't mind...but I'd love to make a gluten free version of these, is that alright? They remind me of a pastry and doughnut, two things I haven't had since going gluten free, delicious!

OhioMom said...

Oh Sophie please do, and be sure to let me know how they turn out :)

Sophie said...

I made these gluten free tonight and they came out AWESOME! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! :) Is it alright if I post the results on my blog this weekend (credit and a link to you, of course :)? Thanks again...I actually forgot about the glaze until now and laughed because my husband and I loved it so much that we didn't even notice :).

OhioMom said...

Of course you should post them on your blog .. all my recipes have been gleaned from various cookbooks over the years that I have put my own twist on, I would love to see yours. Let me know when it is up :)

Sophie said...

I finally posted them :), thanks again.