Bavarian Inn Frankenmuth Chicken Recipes

BUTTERHORNS

Steps:

• Make the dough: Combine flour, butter, sugar and salt in a large mixing bowl. Using a pastry blender or your fingertips, cut butter into flour, until the butter is the size of small peas.
• In a medium bowl, stir the yeast into the lukewarm milk, then add beaten egg yolks and almond extract. Pour yeast mixture into the flour mixture and stir lightly, handling as gently as pie crust, until the shaggy mass comes together in a sticky ball. Cover dough with plastic wrap and let rest in the refrigerator overnight.
• Make the filling: The day you plan to bake the butterhorns, combine the sugar, almonds, 2 tablespoons heavy cream, flour and almond extract in a separate medium bowl. It should resemble a wet sand with bits of nuts. If the filling is dry, add another tablespoon of cream. Set aside.
• Assemble the butterhorns: Lightly grease 3 baking sheets. Remove pastry dough from the refrigerator and divide dough into three equal rounds (about 13 ounces/365 grams each). Keep the other rounds refrigerated while you work with one piece. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a 16-inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Cut each circle into 12 wedges, like you're cutting a pizza. Place 1 heaping teaspoon of filling just inside the curved edge of the wedge, leaving a 1/2-inch border.
• Fold the closest two corners over the filling to avoid leakage, then roll tightly all the way up to the point. (It should look like a little croissant.) Arrange pieces on a greased pan 2 inches apart, 12 butterhorns per pan, making sure that the point is tucked under to prevent it from unrolling while rising. Repeat with the remaining dough rounds. Let horns rise, uncovered, in a warm location until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
• About 30 minutes before you're ready to bake, heat the oven to 365 degrees and make the frosting: Combine confectioners' sugar, melted butter, heavy cream and almond extract in a large bowl, and mix until creamy and spreadable. Cover and set aside.
• Bake butterhorns for 12 to 15 minutes, until a light brown. Frost while still warm, and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

FRANKENMUTH CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Put everything into an accommodating kettle. Bring to boil. Boil 1 minute & reduce to gentle simmer. Cover kettle with lid. Simmer 2 hours. Stir it occasionally. With slotted spoon, remove chicken & vegetables from the broth. Dice the white meat & set aside. Discard skin & bones. Dice some of the carrots to your liking & set aside. Discard the rest. Put broth through coffee-filter-lined sieve, catching cleared broth in another kettle the same size. Chill till all fat comes to top & is solid & can be remove. Return to heat. Add chicken & carrots. Bring to boil. PREPARE NOODLES-Mound 1 cup flour on a board. Make well in center. Add 1 egg to that well, with 1/4 tsp salt & 1 TB cold water. Gradually work into a smooth dough. Knead till smooth, adding enough more flour to keep from being sticky. Wrap dough in waxed paper. Let stand 1 hour at room tern. On floured surface roll dough paper thin. Roll up jelly roll style & slice into thin strips, unwrapping into long noodles. Snip into shorter lengths. Drop into simmering soup. Allow 18 to 22 minutes simmering approximately-or till noodles are tender to the bite (al dente'). Serve soup piping hot. Refrigerate leftover soup, tightly covered, to rewarm in 4 or 5 days. Freeze to thaw & reheat in 4 months. Makes 12 servings. NOTE: For additional flavoring in the broth, add 4 or 5 packets of Herb Ox Chicken Broth Powder - or 2 TB low-salt chicken bouillon powder.