TAMPA – We hear that they were the best ever. We are, of course, talking about those cinnamon twists from Tampa’s Maas Brothers.
The website Group Recipes has the twist recipe. Try it at home before you head here to Florida, and get a taste of old Florida. Here is the technique for making the twists:
You fold the long sides toward the middle til they meet and then, butter, sprinkle and fold them again. I wish I could draw a picture and show you. Have you see the pictures of a palmiers? They kind of look like that before they get cut into strips and then twisted. Next time I feel like baking…..and we do have Customer Service Week coming up at work (need to feed the masses then)……And if I don’t have to work all weekend again, I’ll see if I can make a batch. They aren’t hard, it is mostly waiting for the yeast to do it’s thing. Of course, this is mostly a memory thing for me, Maas Brothers was a treat with my mom. The cinnamon twists were wonderful, the atmosphere “fancy”, and the shopping was delightful. It was the old time department store with a bargain basement and 3 floors of wonderful items. The Mezzanine had the lunchroom and the best tables in the house were overlooking the sales floor below and watching the frenzied shopping ballet.
