Maple-Nut Coffee Twist - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Coffee Cake
3/4 cup milk
1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter
2 3/4 - 3 cups flour
3 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 ounce yeast, packet
1 teaspoon maple extract
1 egg
1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter, melted
Filling
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup chopped nuts
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon maple extract
Glaze
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons margarine or 2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 -2 tablespoon milk
1/2 teaspoon maple extract

Preparation

In a small saucepan, heat milk and margarine until very warm (120*-130*F).
In large bowl, blend warm liquid, 1 cup flour, sugar, salt, yeast, extract and egg at low speed until moistened.
Beat 2 minutes at medium speed.
By hand, stir in remaining flour to form a soft dough.
Knead on floured surface until smooth and elastic, about 2 minutes.
Place dough in greased bowl; turn greased-side-up.
Cover; let rise in warm place until light and doubled in size, 45 to 60 minutes.
In small bowl, combine filling ingredients, set aside.
Grease (not oil) 12-inch pizza pan.
Punch down dough; divide and shape into 3 balls.
On floured surface, roll or press 1 ball of dough to cover bottom of prepared pizza pan.
Place in prepared pizza pan.
Brush dough with about 1/3 of melted margarine; sprinkle with 1/3 Filling.
Repeat layer of dough, melted margarine and Filling.
To shape place a glass about 2 inches in diameter in center of dough, (a shot glass works perfectly)
With pizza cutter, cut from outside edge to the glass, forming 16 pie-shaped wedges.
Twist each wedge 5 times. Remove glass.
Cover; let rise until light and doubled in size, 30 to 45 minutes.
Heat oven to 375*F.
Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown.
Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan.
In small bowl, blend Glaze ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over warm coffee cake.