Recipe: Perfect German Sour Cream Twists

German Sour Cream Twists. Immediately remove from pans to cooling rack. Dip twists into icing or drizzle over twists. These German Sour Cream Twists Cookies are one of my favorite recipes.

Pinch ends together place on cookie sheet. An old-fashioned, pastry-like treat that stands out in a crowd. Sprinkle more sugar over the rolled dough. You can have German Sour Cream Twists using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of German Sour Cream Twists

1. You need 1 pack (.25 ounce) of active dry yeast.
2. You need 1/4 cup of warm water.
3. It's 3 1/2 cup of bleached all-purpose flour.
4. It's 1 tsp of salt.
5. It's 1 cup of butter sliced.
6. You need 3/4 cup of sour cream.
7. Prepare 1 large of egg.
8. You need 2 large of egg yolks.
9. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
10. You need 1 cup of white sugar, or add as needed.

Twist each strip, stretching dough slightly. Repeat process with second half of dough. Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla; mix well. Place on greased cookie sheet as you give a twist to the ends.

German Sour Cream Twists step by step

1. Sprinkle yeast over warm water in a bowl and let activate while you complete remaining steps..
2. Place flour and salt into a food processor and pulse once or twice to combine. Scatter butter slices over flour and process until butter is thoroughly mixed into the flour, about 1 minute..
3. Whisk yeast mixture, sour cream, egg, egg yolks, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; pour mixture into food processor. Pulse several times, just until the dough starts to hold together and clean the sides of the bowl (do not overmix)..
4. Remove dough from food processor and divide in half; form each half into a thick disk, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 2 hours. For best texture, refrigerate overnight..
5. Preheat oven to 375°F (190 degrees C). Line several baking sheets with parchment paper. Sprinkle a work surface generously with sugar and roll out one of the dough disks into an 8x16-inch rectangle..
6. Sprinkle dough with a generous amount of sugar. Fold the dough over in thirds, letter-style, and roll out again; fold as before and roll out and fold a third time, sprinkling dough with sugar each time..
7. Finally, roll dough into a 4x14-inch rectangle, about 1/4 inch thick. Repeat process with second dough disk..
8. Cut strips from the short side of the dough rectangles, making them 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide. Place strips onto the parchment-lined baking sheets, twisting and slightly stretching them. If preferred, form into horseshoe shapes..
9. Bake in the preheated oven until lightly golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Cookies will puff up a bit to reveal delicate layers. Let cookies cool for about 5 minutes on sheets before transferring to wire cooling racks.

German Sour Cream Twists ~ Christmas Cookie from Germany made with yeast. I have always found it fun to try recipes that have come to us from across the Big Pond. This is my grandmother's recipe for German Sour Cream Twist Cookies. These German Sour Cream Twists Cookies are one of my favorite recipes that my Grandmother used to make. She always had them on hand.

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