Butterhorns

8 ingredients
15 steps

Ingredients

  • 3 1/2 c. flour
  • pinch of ginger
  • 1 1/4 c. milk
  • 1/4 c. shortening
  • 1/4 c. sugar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 1/2 pkg. yeast
  • 1 egg

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine flour and ginger; set aside.
  2. 2
    Heat milk until scald. Put in mixer bowl; let it cool down to 115°.
  3. 3
    Add 1 teaspoon sugar to 1/2 cup warm water; add yeast (regular or fast rise).
  4. 4
    Let set a few minutes to dissolve the yeast.
  5. 5
    Add about half the flour and one egg to the milk mixture.
  6. 6
    Mix well; add yeast and rest of flour and beat for several minutes.
  7. 7
    Remove from mixer bowl; work by hand on a floured board until it becomes easy to handle.
  8. 8
    Put in greased bowl and cover with a cloth and put in warm place.
  9. 9
    Let rise until doubled in size; punch down.
  10. 10
    Let rest 20 minutes; grease two cookie sheets.
  11. 11
    Roll half the dough in a circle (like pizza).
  12. 12
    Butter the dough and cut like pizza.
  13. 13
    Roll up from large end to small end; pinch ends and put that side down on cookie sheet.
  14. 14
    Do second half and let rise double size.
  15. 15
    Bake at 350° until light golden brown; remove from pan to cooling rack. Frost while warm.

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