Maple-nut Coffee Twist

Total Time: 3 hrs 22 mins Preparation Time: 3 hrs Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter
• 2 3/4-3 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 ounce yeast, packet
• 1 teaspoon maple extract
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup chopped nuts
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon maple extract
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons margarine or 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk
• 1/2 teaspoon maple extract

Recipe

• 1 in a small saucepan, heat milk and margarine until very warm (120*-130*f).
• 2 in large bowl, blend warm liquid, 1 cup flour, sugar, salt, yeast, extract and egg at low speed until moistened.
• 3 beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
• 4 by hand, stir in remaining flour to form a soft dough.
• 5 knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 2 minutes.
• 6 place dough in greased bowl; turn greased-side-up.
• 7 cover; let rise in warm place until light and doubled in size, 45 to 60 minutes.
• 8 in small bowl, combine filling ingredients, set aside.
• 9 grease (not oil) 12-inch pizza pan.
• 10 punch down dough; divide and shape into 3 balls.
• 11 on floured surface, roll or press 1 ball of dough to cover bottom of prepared pizza pan.
• 12 place in prepared pizza pan.
• 13 brush dough with about 1/3 of melted margarine; sprinkle with 1/3 filling.
• 14 repeat layer of dough, melted margarine and filling.
• 15 to shape place a glass about 2 inches in diameter in center of dough, (a shot glass works perfectly)
• 16 with pizza cutter, cut from outside edge to the glass, forming 16 pie-shaped wedges.
• 17 twist each wedge 5 times. remove glass.
• 18 cover; let rise until light and doubled in size, 30 to 45 minutes.
• 19 heat oven to 375*f.
• 20 bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown.
• 21 cool 5 minutes; remove from pan.
• 22 in small bowl, blend glaze ingredients until smooth. drizzle over warm coffee cake.