Cinnamon twists: Classic yeast breakfast roll recipe from 1950 - Click Americana (2024)

Ingredients

• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 large unbeaten egg
• 1 cake crumbled compressed yeast
• 3 cups sifted flour
• 2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine
• 1/3 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

1. Bring sour cream to boiling in large saucepan.
2. Remove from heat.
3. Stir in until well-blended shortening, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
4. Cool to lukewarm.
5. Add 1 large unbeaten egg and yeast.
6. Stir until yeast is dissolved.
7. Mix in with spoon 3 cups sifted flour
8. Turn out onto lightly floured board.
9. Knead lightly a few seconds to form a smooth ball.
10. Cover with damp cloth and let stand 5 minutes to tighten up.
11. Roll dough 1/4-inch thick into rectangle 6- by 24-inches.
12. Spread entire surface with 2 tablespoons soft butter or margarine.
13. Sprinkle half of dough (the long way) with mixture of brown sugar and cinnamon.
14. Bring unsugared half of dough over sugared half, pressing top surface lightly to seal in filling. (This makes rectangle 3 by 24 inches.)
15. With sharp knife, cut dough into 24 strips 1-inch wide.
16. Taking each strip of dough at both ends, twist in opposite directions, forming a spiral stick.
17. Place on greased baking sheets about 2-inches, apart, pressing both ends of sticks firmly and flatly to the baking sheet.
18. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise at 85 degrees (F) until very light, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
19. Bake 12 to 15 minutes in quick moderate oven (375 degrees F).
20. If desired, spread tops of baked sticks, while still warm, with thick white icing -- make by mixing confectioners' sugar and about milk.

Notes

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