Maple-nut Twist Biscuits

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup firm butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/4 cup chopped nuts
• 3 tablespoons soft butter
• 3 tablespoons maple syrup
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon milk
• 1/2 teaspoon maple flavoring

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 450.
• 2 grease cookie sheet and set aside.
• 3 in large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cream of tartar, and salt. cut in 1/2 cup of butter with pastry cutter or two forks until mixture resembles course crumbs. add 3/4 cup milk and stir until just combined. you may need to add a dab more milk if it is too dry.
• 4 knead mixture 10 times on a lightly floured surface. pat or roll the dough into a 15x9 inch rectangle.
• 5 in a small bowl, stir all of the filling ingredients together and spread over the dough. fold dough lengthwise into a 15x4/12 inch rectangle and cut into fifteen 1 inch wide strips. holding a strip at each end, twist in opposite directions twice.
• 6 place strips on cookie sheet, pressing ends down.
• 7 bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown.
• 8 cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes and transfer to wire rack.
• 9 drizzle glaze over the warm biscuits.