The Ultimate Cream Cheese Danish Tutorial

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Ricotta is lower in fat and can provide a similar texture.

puff pastry

🥗Healthier: phyllo dough

💰Cheaper: homemade pastry dough

Phyllo is lighter and can be made at home easily.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

powdered sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: granulated sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index.

Get 1 cup of butter nice and cold, either by freezing it or taking it out of the refrigerator.

Grate the cold butter into a bowl with some flour to prevent sticking.

In a small bowl, add 1/3 cup of sugar (66 g) for the yeast mixture.

Beat 1 egg in a dish and set aside for later use in the yeast mixture.

Warm 1 cup of milk (250 ml) in the microwave in 20-second increments until it's warm to the touch.

Add 2 and 1/4 teaspoons of active dry yeast (8 g) to the warm milk and stir.

Add 1 teaspoon of sugar (12 g) to the yeast mixture and stir until well combined. Let it sit for 10 minutes to bloom.

In a medium bowl, whisk together 3 cups of flour (375 g) and 1/2 teaspoon of salt (3 g).

Sprinkle some of the flour mixture into a large bowl and grate the butter into it, mixing lightly to keep the butter pieces intact.

Add the bloomed yeast mixture and the beaten egg to the flour and butter mixture, stirring until a shaggy dough forms.

Cover the dough with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 8 to 24 hours.

After 15 hours, lightly flour your surface and turn out the dough, shaping it into a rectangle.

Roll the dough into a 12x16 inch rectangle (30x40 cm) while checking frequently to prevent sticking.

Perform the first roll and fold by folding the dough in half and then in half again, like a letter.

Roll the dough out again to 12x16 inches (30x40 cm) for the second roll and fold, repeating the folding process.

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