Best 8 Maple Pecan Crescent Twists Recipes

MAPLE PECAN CRESCENT CINNAMON TWISTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet by spraying with cooking spray or lining with parchment paper.
• In a small bowl, combine the pecans, sugars, and cinnamon. Set aside.
• Unroll both cans of crescent dough and separate each can into 4 rectangles (2 of the crescent triangles together). Firmly press together the perforations to seal the 2 crescent triangles together. You will end up with 8 rectangles of dough.
• Brush each rectangle with some melted butter and sprinkle a heaping 1 tablespoon of the pecan/sugar mixture over the butter. Repeat for each rectangle. Starting at the long side of the rectangle, roll up tightly just like cinnamon rolls. Pinch edges to seal.
• Take a sharp knife and cut each roll in half LENGTHWISE. You will end up with 2 rope twists from each rectangle. Take the two pieces and twist them around each other. Place on the prepared cookie sheet. Repeat this process with the remaining pieces.
• Bake for 10-13 minutes or until puffy and golden brown. Let cool for about 10-15 minutes before glazing.
• To prepare the glaze: mix all ingredients together in a small bowl until desired consistency is reached. Add more or less milk and/or powdered sugar depending on how thick or thin you want the glaze.

MAPLE PECAN CRESCENT TWISTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Spray 1 large or 2 small cookie sheets with cooking spray, or lightly grease with shortening. In small bowl, mix pecans, granulated sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
• If using crescent rolls: Unroll both cans of dough; separate into 8 rectangles. Firmly press perforations to seal. If using dough sheets: Unroll both cans of dough; cut to form 8 rectangles.
• Brush each rectangle with melted butter. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon pecan-sugar mixture evenly over each rectangle; press in lightly. Starting at longer side, roll up each rectangle; pinch edges to seal.
• With sharp knife, cut one roll in half lengthwise, forming 2 strips. With cut side up, carefully overlap strips 2 times to form twist. Press ends together to seal. Place on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Sprinkle with any remaining pecan-sugar mixture.
• Bake 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• In small bowl, mix glaze ingredients until smooth, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm rolls. Serve warm.

MAPLE PECAN CRESCENT TWISTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375. Lightly grease 1 large or 2 small cookie sheets. In small bowl, combine pecans, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg; mix well. Seperate dough into 8 rectangles; firmly press perforations to seal. Brush each rectangle with butter. Sprinkle 1 T. sugar mixture evenly over each rectangle, pressing in lightly. Starting at longer side, roll up each rectangle, pinching edges to seal. With sharp knife, cut 1 roll in half lengthwise, forming 2 strips. With cut side up, carefully overlap strips 2 times to form twist. Press ends together to seal. Place on greased cookie sheet. Repeat with reamining dough.
• Sprinkle with remaining sugar nut mixture.
• Bake at 375 for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown. In small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm rolls. Serve warm.

MAPLE PECAN CRESCENT TWISTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375℉ (190℃) Lightly grease 1 large or 2 small cookie sheets. In small bowl, combine pecans, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg; mix well. Separate dough into 8 rectangles; firmly press perforations to seal. Brush each rectangle with margarine. Sprinkle 1 tbls sugar-nut mixture evenly over each rectangle, pressing in lightly. Starting at longer side, roll up each rectangle, pressing in lightly. Starting at longer side, roll up each rectangle, pinching edges and ends to seal. With sharp knife, cut a roll in half lengthwise, forming 2 strips. With cut side up, carefully overlap strips two times to form a twist. Press to seal cut ends together. Place on greased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining rolls. Sprinkle with any remaining sugar-nut mixture. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. In small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm rolls. Note: After rolling, I find it the rolls are easier to cut if you refrigerate them 5 minutes or so before cutting and braiding. Also, I've made them up to the cutting point the night before, covered and refrigerated them, and cut, twisted, and baked them in the morning, just to save a few extra minutes.

MAPLE PECAN CRESCENT TWISTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Lightly grease 1 large or 2 small cookie sheets. In small bowl, combine pecans, sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg mix well. Separate dough into 8 rectangles firmly press perforations to seal. Brush each rectangle with margarine. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon sugar-nut mixture evenly over each rectangle, pressing in lightly. Starting at longer side, roll up each rectangle, pinching edges to seal. With sharp knife, cut 1 roll in half lengthwise, forming 2 strips. With cut side up, carefully overlap strips 2 times to form twist. Press ends together to seal. Place on greased cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough. Sprinkle with any remaining sugar-nut mixture.Bake at 375°F. for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. In small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm rolls. Serve warm.Nutrition Per Serving (1 roll): Calories 320 Protein 4g Carbohydrate 36g Fat 19g Sodium 500mgFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

MAPLE BUTTER TWISTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast. In a saucepan, heat milk and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add eggs; beat on medium for 2 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a firm dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 5-7 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 70 minutes., In a small bowl, combine the first 7 filling ingredients; beat for 2 minutes. Punch dough down; turn onto a lightly floured surface. Divide in half; roll each into a 16x8-in. rectangle. Spread filling to within 1/2 in. of edges. Sprinkle with nuts. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side., With a sharp knife, cut each roll in half lengthwise. Open halves so cut side is up; gently twist ropes together. Transfer to 2 greased 9-in. round baking pans. Coil into a circle. Tuck ends under; pinch to seal. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes., Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Combine the confectioners' sugar, maple flavoring and enough milk to reach desired consistency; drizzle over warm cakes.

CHOCOLATE CRESCENT TWIST

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Grease and flour 8 x 4- or 7 x 3-inch loaf pan. In small bowl, combine flour and 3 tablespoons sugar. With fork, cut in 1 tablespoon butter until crumbly.Unroll dough to form 12 x 8-inch rectangle firmly press perforations to seal. Sprinkle with 2/3 cup chocolate chips, 1 tablespoon sugar, cinnamon and half of the streusel mixture.Starting at long side of rectangle, roll up pinch edge to seal. Join ends to form ring pinch to seal. Gently twist ring to form figure 8 place in greased and floured pan. Brush with melted butter sprinkle with remaining half of streusel. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon chocolate chips press lightly into dough.Bake at 375°F. for 30 to 40 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cool on wire rack for 20 minutes. Remove from pan. Serve warm.Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 340 Protein 4g Carbohydrate 40g Fat 18g Sodium 330mgFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

CINNAMON TWISTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup warm water. Add 2 cups of flour, sugar, salt, milk, butter, egg and remaining water; beat on medium speed 3 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough. , Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour. , Punch down dough. Roll into a 16x12-in. rectangle. Brush with butter. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over butter. Let dough rest for 6 minutes. Cut lengthwise into three 16x4-in. strips. Cut each strip into sixteen 4x1-in. pieces. Twist and place on greased baking sheets. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes. , Bake at 350° 15 minutes or until golden.