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Danish Puff (Easy Danish Pastry Recipe)
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| Servings: 10-12 |
| Comments: My friend Sharon gave me this Danish Puff to try. Very delicious. I asked her for the recipe so I could make it myself. It wasn't as hard as I thought. You can experiment with other flavors besides the almond extract, and top with any chopped nuts of your choice. |
Ingredients:  Pastry: 1/2 cup (1 stick/4 oz./113g) butter, softened 1 cup all-purpose flour (or self-rising flour may be used, if desired) 2 tbsp. water Custardy Topping: 1/2 cup (1 stick/4 oz./113g) butter 1 cup water 1 tsp. almond extract 1 cup all-purpose flour (or self-rising flour may be used, if desired) 3 eggs Glaze and Nut Topping: Powdered Sugar Glaze (see recipe below) Chopped nuts (slivered almonds are great) |
| Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C. For the Pastry: Cut the first 1/2 cup butter into the first 1 cup flour until mixture is the size of small peas. Sprinkle mixture with the 2 tbsp. water then mix with fork. Gather dough into a ball; divide in half. Pat each half of dough into a 12 x 3-inch rectangle. Place both rectangles of dough on an ungreased cookie sheet (each rectangle of dough should be about 3 inches apart.) Custardy Topping: In a 2-quart saucepan, heat the second 1/2 cup butter and the 1 cup water to a rolling boil; remove from heat. Quickly stir in almond extract and the second 1 cup flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute; remove from heat. Add the eggs; beat until smooth and glossy. Spread half of the topping over each unbaked rectangle. Bake in preheated oven until topping is crisp and brown, about 1 hour; cool. Note: Topping will shrink and fall, forming the custardy top. Spread each baked rectangle with Powdered Sugar Glaze (recipe follows), then sprinkle with chopped nuts. Powdered Sugar Glaze Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar (icing sugar) 2 tbsp. (1/4 stick/1 oz./28g) butter or margarine, softened 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 1-2 tbsp. warm water Instructions: In a mixing bowl, combine the powdered sugar, softened butter (or margarine, if using) and the vanilla extract. Stir in the warm water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until smooth and of desired consistency. Pour or spread glaze over the baked puffs. Makes 10-12 servings. |
| Source: My friend Sharon |
| Submitted By: Kathy Lamb |
| Date: March 3, 2008 |
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Reviewer: Carol
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Made this last weekend...my husband said it was a "keeper"!
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Made this last weekend...my husband said it was a "keeper"!
Reviewer: john koppole
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It is the best recipe I've ever had.
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It is the best recipe I've ever had.