Cinnamon Twists Recipe

How to make it

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• Dissolve yeast in water. Add eggs, sugar and shortning. Mix until creamed. Add remaining ingredients and mix well 12 to 15 minutes.
• Let stand at room termperature for 1 1/2 hours. Punch down.
• Let rise another 30 minutes. Cut dough into two pieces. Place in refrigerators for 15 minutes to rest. Roll out each piece of dough to approximately 8 x 16 inches. Brush one side with melted butter; sprinkle liberally with a 2 to 1 sugar and cinnamon mixture.
• Fold outer edges of dough toward the center strip of dough.
• Repeat brushing with melted butter and sugar cinnamon mixture.
• Fold dough in half, edge to edge. Equal to 4 layers of dough.
• Roll the strip to four inches in width. Cut each strip every 3/4 inch.
• The piece of dough now 3/4 by 4 inches should be twisted once and place in a shallow 20 inch greased pan.
• Place each twist against each other. Brush tops of twists with mileted butter and sprinkle liberally with cinnamon sugar mixture. Bake in 350 degrees oven 40 minutes.
• For those questioning the folding technique:
• You fold the long sides toward the middle til they meet and then, butter, sprinkle and fold them again. I wish I could draw a picture and show you. Have you see the pictures of a palmiers? They kind of look like that before they get cut into strips and then twisted. Next time I feel like baking.....and we do have Customer Service Week coming up at work (need to feed the masses then)......And if I don't have to work all weekend again, I'll see if I can make a batch. They aren't hard, it is mostly waiting for the yeast to do it's thing. Of course, this is mostly a memory thing for me, Maas Brothers was a treat with my mom. The cinnamon twists were wonderful, the atmosphere "fancy", and the shopping was delightful. It was the old time department store with a bargain basement and 3 floors of wonderful items. The Mezzanine had the lunchroom and the best tables in the house were overlooking the sales floor below and watching the frenzied shopping ballet.