Easy Homemade Butterhorns
An easy yeast butterhorn recipe. Make ahead and freeze for later, or bake the day you mix them.
Ingredients
- 3 cups milk
- 3/4 cup margarine or butter
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 8 medium eggs
- 1 Tbsp. salt
- 1/2 cup water
- 6 level Tbsp. yeast
- 13 1/2 cups bread flour
- Melted margarine or butter
Instructions
- Warm milk - do not boil.
- Dissolve yeast in warm water and milk with some of the sugar.
- Add shortening, butter, and the rest of the sugar.
- Next, add salt, about 2 cups of flour and mix well.
- Then add eggs and mix well.
- Add the rest of the flour, a little at a time.
- Knead by hand or with mixer for 5-10 minutes
- Let dough rest for a few minutes, then divide into 8 pieces.
- On a floured surface, roll each piece into a circle.
- Brush the circle with melted margarine
- Using a pizza cutter (or a knife) cut into 8 pieces (like you would cut a pie)
- Beginning at the wide end, roll each piece up to the narrow end
- Make sure the end is on the bottom
- Place onto a greased tray and brush with melted butter or margarine.
- Let rise until double
- Bake in 350-375 oven for 14 minutes.