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Danish Pastries

Danish Pastries

Make this Danish Pastry recipe your own by changing the jam or adding little pieces of marzipan and mincemeat for a gooey surprise!

Preparation Time 45 minutes
Baking Time 15 minutes
Portions Makes 1.1 kg (2¼ lbs)
Skill Level Advanced
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Danish Pastries Ingredients

500 grams Very Strong Bread Flour (Allinson Premium White) Very Strong Bread Flour (Allinson Premium White)
50 grams Butter
1 sachet Easy Bake Yeast (Allinson) 1 x 7g sachet Easy Bake Yeast (Allinson)
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Golden Granulated Sugar (Billington's) Golden Granulated Sugar (Billington's)
2 Free Range Eggs (Happy Eggs) Beaten Free Range Eggs (Happy Eggs)
150 ml Water Warm
300 grams Butter Cubed
Glace cherries, blackcurrant jam. To decorate and fill
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Additional Ingredients

125 grams Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Homegrown) Icing Sugar (Silver Spoon Homegrown)
1 tbsp Warm Water
25 grams Pecan Nuts chopped
 

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How to make Danish Pastries

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  1. Place the flour, 50g/2 oz butter, yeast, salt, sugar, eggs and water into a bowl mix into a smooth dough, rest in the fridge 10 minutes. method tip
  2. Roll the dough into a rectangle and dot with the 300g/10 oz butter, fold over 3 times, seal edges.
  3. Roll and fold 3 more times in the same direction.
  4. Roll into one large rectangle, then cut out squares, fill with jam and seal. Preheat the oven to 220°C/fan 200°C/gas mark 7 method tip
  5. Place onto a greased baking tray prove until double in size. Bake for 15 minute
  6. Cool then decorate with nuts and icing.
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