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Danish Pastries

Danish Pastries

Recipe Submitted By: bakingmad

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

Additional Ingredients

125 grams	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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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.
Roll the dough into a rectangle and dot with the 300g/10 oz butter, fold over 3 times, seal edges.
Roll and fold 3 more times in the same direction.
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
Place onto a greased baking tray prove until double in size. Bake for 15 minute
Cool then decorate with nuts and icing.

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