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Butter Nut Twists Recipe

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My mother has been using this recipe for the last 45 years for special occasions and the holidays. She taught my sister and me how to make the twists so we can carry on the tradition for our families. —Joyce Hallisey, Mt. Gilead, North Carolina

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Butter Nut Twists Recipe

Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 15 min.

Yield: 72 Servings

30 15 45

Ingredients

2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
1/4 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
4 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup cold butter, cubed
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, lightly beaten
FILLING:
2 cups ground walnuts (8 ounces)
1 cup flaked coconut
1/3 cup sugar
4-1/2 teaspoons butter, melted

Directions

In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Add the buttermilk, eggs and yeast mixture; stir to form a soft dough. Cover with plastic wrap; refrigerate overnight.
In another bowl, mix the filling ingredients. Punch down dough; divide into three portions. On a sugared surface, roll one portion into a 12-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Sprinkle 1/3 cup filling lengthwise down one half of the dough. Fold dough in half over filling, forming a 12-in. x 4-1/2 -in. rectangle; pat down to press filling into dough. Seal edges.
Sprinkle an additional 1/3 cup filling down one half of the folded dough. Fold in half again, forming a 12-in. x 2-1/4-in. rectangle. Press to form a 12-in. x 4-in. rectangle. Cut into twenty-four 1/2-in. slices. Repeat with remaining dough and additional filling. Twist each slice one time and roll in remaining filling; place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets.
Bake at 350° for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks; serve warm or at room temperature. Yield: 6 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 roll equals 105 calories, 7 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 63 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein.

Originally published as Butter Nut Twists in Taste of Home December/January 1994, p27

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Reviewed on May. 01, 2013 by Denco24

These are wonderful! They are understated - first bite was good, and the next bite was better and so on! They can (and did) quickly become addictive!

Stephannie1116 - The taste of coconut is very subtle, very hard to define that it's coconut you're tasting, but we liked it. You could always leave out the coconut, but they're not very sweet as they are and without the coconut, there would be even less sweet taste.

Reviewed on Dec. 29, 2012 by donnainco@aol.com

Very very good! I sprinkled cinnamon/sugar on a few of them - good either way. They didn't last very long - everyone who had them loved them.

Reviewed on Aug. 04, 2009 by stephanie1116

what if you don't like coconut? then what?