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Raspberry Twists with Cream Cheese Frosting

by Nikkala · on March 18, 2013 · 11 Comments ·

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Move over cinnamon rolls, there’s a new sweet bun in town! Raspberry Twists with Cream Cheese Frosting.

About 6 years ago we were living in Blackfoot, ID and the Downtown Bread Co. there made these delicious raspberry twists. They were super popular and you had to get there early before they sold out. We’ve since moved, but the raspberry twists lives on! Raspberry Twists may not look like cinnamon rolls, but they use the same dough.

Raspberry Twists with Cream Cheese Frosting Directions:

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First, let’s make the dough. I use my favorite roll recipe–it’s my go to for dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls, and raspberry twists. You can find the entire recipe at the bottom of this post. Add the water, yeast and sugar and let sit until the yeast gets all bubbly. I’m mixing it in a Bosch mixer with the dough hook.

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Then added the Crisco, flour and salt. We recently partnered as affiliates with Bosch, and let me tell you, my other mixer doesn’t hold a candle to how this baby handles dough. It’s a powerhouse. And I love the tight fit of the splash guard.

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Add flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the mixer, but is still a little on the sticky side. Once it was all mixed up, I simply place the top lid on and let the dough raise until it had doubled in size.

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Some people are afraid of yeast doughs, but I love to make them and think they are very forgiving.

A couple tricks:

Use warm water. Too hot will kill the yeast and too cold and it won’t work.

Wait to add the yeast until you have added some flour. Salt will kill the yeast too.

When you see your yeast begin to bubble you know it is active and will do it’s job.

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This helper kid likes to snitch dough (while keeping his eyes on the TV). I’m pretty sure it’s the only reason he so willingly volunteers to help.

SONY DSCPlace a ball of dough (this is about 1/3 of the batch) onto a floured surface.

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And roll out, just like you would a cinnamon roll.

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Using a pizza cutter, go ahead and square the dough up. Toss the extra pieces back into the bowl to be rolled out with the next set.

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Here’s where things start to differ, spread raspberry filling on the top of the dough. I’ve tried raspberry jam before, but really like the thickness and consistency of the filling. You can find it by the pie fillings in the baking aisle.

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Then fold the dough over.

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Cut into 1-1 1/2″ strips.

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And twist and place on a cookie sheet and cover with a dish towel and let raise for 30 minutes. I like to use either a Sil-Pat liner or parchment paper to line my pans to help make clean up quicker. Repeat the roll, fill, cut and twist with the rest of the dough as well.

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Bake at 350• for 20 minutes and expect to get a lot of complaints of starving children as they smell these baking. When they come out of the oven and are cooling you can whip up the frosting.

Frosting Directions:

SONY DSCAgain in the Bosch, but using the whisks, add 1 pkg cream cheese and 1 cube of butter. Mix this and then add vanilla, 1-1 1/2 lbs of powdered sugar and a little milk to get the right consistency.

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Scoop the frosting into a zip-lock bag and snip off a corner with scissors and squeeze onto the cooled twists.

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Raspberry Twists with Cream Cheese Frosting
 
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Author: The Crafting Chicks
Ingredients
  • 2 c. warm water
  • ½ c. sugar
  • 2 Tbs yeast
  • ½ c. shortening
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 5-6 c. flour
  • 1 pkg cream cheese
  • ½ c. butter, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1-1½ lbs powdered sugar
  • milk
Instructions
  1. Add water, sugar, yeast, shortening, salt and 5 cups of flour, mix until dough pulls from the side of the mixer. Add more flour if needed. It will still be a little sticky. Cover. Let rise till double. Divide dough into 3 equal balls, roll out on floured surface. Trim with pizza cutter to make square. Spread with raspberry filling and fold dough in half. Cut into 1-1½" strips with a pizza cutter. Twist and place on a lined or sprayed baking sheet. Cover with towel and let raise for 30 minutes. Bake at 350• for 20 minutes. Let cool and top with cream cheese frosting.
  2. Cream Cheese Frosting
  3. Mix cream cheese and butter, add powered sugar and vanilla and a little milk until smooth. Place frosting a zip-loc bag. Snip off a corner and squeeze frosting onto the twists.
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Comments

  1. Tina-Lori says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:55 am

    I am so going to try this.

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  2. kris says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:56 am

    I wish the printed recipe included directions for the twists. After I print it I then need to write stuff for the raspberry twists.

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    • Tina-Lori says

      March 18, 2013 at 12:03 pm

      I copy and pasted it into Word so that I would have the whole thing together.

      Reply
    • Nikkala says

      March 18, 2013 at 9:35 pm

      Thanks for the comment Kris! I went back and changed the instructions to include all of the steps.

      Reply
  3. April says

    March 18, 2013 at 11:26 pm

    I LOVE raspberry-these sound incredibly yummy!

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  4. jaka says

    March 19, 2013 at 12:47 am

    look very delicious… i wanna it.. i wanna it 🙁

    Reply
  5. kris says

    March 19, 2013 at 11:28 am

    Thank you

    Reply
  6. Kelli Bullock says

    March 22, 2013 at 7:50 am

    I’m heading off to make these but I’m going to use homemade strawberry jam as the filling and no frosting so I can eat them without feeling guilty. 😉 Thanks for the idea.

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    • Kelli Bullock says

      March 22, 2013 at 7:51 am

      Oh and I have a Boshe too and I love it, there is nothing else out there.

      Reply

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    […] much make them on auto pilot. I use this recipe for everything – I’ve shared it as Raspberry Twists and as the bun for our favorite BBQ Chicken Sandwiches, but I’ve gotten requests for the […]

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