Butter Horns

Ingredients

• 4 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 5 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted

Glaze

• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• water

• nuts

Method

1. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Activate yeast in water.
3. In a saucepan over medium heat, heat up the milk, shortening, and sugar until the sugar is dissolved and the shortening is melted.
4. Allow the milk mixture to cool.
5. Beat together the yeast, milk mixture, and eggs.
6. Gradually add in flour.
7. Cover and let rise until doubled.
8. Punch down, let rise until doubled again.
9. Roll out the dough into a rectangle on a lightly floured surface.
10. Brush top of dough with melted butter.
11. Roll the dough, then cut.
12. Put horns on pan, cover, and let rise again.
13. Preheat oven to 375°F.
14. Bake until golden brown (about 25 minutes).
15. Let cool.
16. Mix together glaze, and glaze the top of the butterhorns.
17. While glaze is wet, top with nuts.

Source

Barkley family recipe.