Crites Family Stuff

Description

These are a melt-in-your-mouth all time favorite!

Ingredients for 48 servings

• 1.33 cup butter, softened
• .33 cup flour
• 2 tbsp yeast
• .33 cup warm water
• .75 cup warm milk
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3.5 cups flour
• .25 cup sugar

Topping:

• .5 cup butter, softened
• .5 cup sugar
• .5 cup chopped pecans

Glaze:

• 2 cups powdered sugar
• .5 tsp vanilla
• Milk

Steps

1. Knead together the 1 1/3 cup softened butter and 1/3 cup flour. Place between two sheets of waxed paper and roll out into an exact 6"x12" rectangle. (Use exact measurements in this recipe.) Place in freezer.
2. Dissolve yeast in 1/3 cup water. Add the milk, salt, 1/4 cup sugar, eggs, and 3 1/2 cup flour. Stir together and knead until dough is very soft and pliable, but not sticky. Roll out into a 14"x14" square.
3. Remove butter from freezer and place on half of the rolled out 14"x14" square. Fold dough over in half and seal edges.
4. Roll this into a 12"x20" rectangle on a floured surface. Using a bit of flour on "butter blowouts" will help in rolling out the dough. You may need to kind of break up the dough slightly with a soft pounding of the rolling pin because of the frozen butter inside to get it to the 12"x20" size. Fold into thirds so that the 20" length becomes about 6 1/2" in length.
5. Roll out again into a 12"x20" rectangle. Fold into thirds, like before.
6. Roll out, one last time to 12"x20". Cut into thirds instead of folding. Place each third on a sheet of wax paper and put 2 pieces back in freezer while working on the third.
7. Orient this piece to lay long side horizontally to you and cut in half with a knife or pizza cutter. Continue cutting these pieces into halves until you have cut 16 equal strips. Twist each strip of dough several times and wrap it into a circle to make a roll and place it on a sided cookie sheet. Do the same thing with the two remaining pieces of dough in the freezer. (Keeping the butter in the dough hardened makes dough handling so much easier.)
8. Mix together the topping: butter, sugar, and nuts. Top each roll with an equal amount of the mixture. Let rolls rise until double. Bake at 450F for 8 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
9. Mix together the glaze while rolls are baking. Add enough milk to get the consistency of Elmer's glue. Drizzle the glaze over the rolls immediately after removing them from the oven. Serve hot and thoroughly enjoy!

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