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Cinnamon Twirls

List of Ingredients





Coffee Cake:
3 c. flour
2 T. sugar
1 t. salt
1 T. yeast (package)
¾ c. milk
¼ c. water
3 T. shortening

Filling: (warning, this is double the amount of cinnamon and sugar in the actual recipe)
½ c. finely chopped nuts
1 c. white sugar
¼ c. brown sugar (plus some)
2 t. cinnamon
½ c. butter, melted

Glaze:
½ c. powdered sugar
1 to 2 t. milk

1) Mix 2 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast in large bowl.
2) Combine milk, water and shortening in a small sauce pan. Heat till very warm (120 to 130 F.) (I just heated it in the microwave for 2 minutes!)
3) Add warm liquid to the flour mixture; blend at low speed until moistened. Beat 3 minutes at medium speed. By hand, stir in remaining cup of flour until dough pulls away from sides of bowl.
4) On lightly floured surface, knead dough until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl. Cover loosely and let rise in warm place until light and doubled in size (about an hour)
5) Grease a 12 in. pizza pan or large cookie sheet (suggestion - line it with tinfoil first). In a shallow dish or pie pan combine nuts, sugars and cinnamon; mix well. Place melted butter in another pie pan.
6) Punch down dough several times to remove all air bubbles. Turn dough onto lightly floured surface. Pinch off 1 1/2 to 2 inch piece of dough; roll into 6 in. strip (don't worry about the size, variety is interesting!). Repeat with remaining dough. Dip each strip in butter to coat; roll in sugar mixture to coat evenly. Place one strip in center of pan; wind to form a coil. Repeat with remaining strips, placing close together to make a round, flat coffee cake. Cover and let rise in warm place until light and doubled in size, 45 to 60 minutes.
7) Heat oven to 350, uncover coffee cake. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes, remove from pan; place on serving plate (good luck finding a plate large enough!! ...oh, and getting it off in one piece!)
8) Combine glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm cake.

**if you want it to taste like the icing at the cinnamon roll places in the mall, add a drop or 2 of vanilla and of almond extract!

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