Cream Cheese Danish Braid

Name: Cream Cheese Danish Braid
Prep time: 3 h 37 min
Cook time: 3 h 37 min
Total time: 3 h 37 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps sliced almonds, toasted; 3 Tbsps butter, softened; 1 large egg; 2 Tbsps honey; 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice; 2 teaspoons 1% low-fat milk; 6 Tbsps very warm 1% low-fat milk (120° to 130°); 79 milliliters part-skim ricotta cheese; 79 milliliters powdered sugar; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 Dash salt; 59 milliliters light sour cream; 59 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon sugar; 414 milliliters 7.9 ounces unbleached all-purpose flour, divided (about; 2 Tbsps unbleached all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon water; 118 milliliters 2.25 ounces whole-wheat pastry flour (about; 2 teaspoons package quick-rise yeast (about

Need a vegetarian side dish? Cream Cheese Danish Braid could be an amazing recipe to try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 7g of protein, 8g of fat, and a total of 225 calories. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. If you have almonds, honey, pas

Instructions

To prepare sponge, combine first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Cover loosely with plastic wrap; let stand 15 minutes.

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Wrap

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To prepare dough, weigh or lightly spoon 75 ounces (about 1 1/2 cups) all-purpose flour and pastry flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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Combine 1/4 cup sugar, sour cream, butter, salt, vanilla, 1 egg, and sponge in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed 1 minute or until well combined.

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Sour Cream

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

Salt

Egg

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Add flours; beat at low speed 3 minutes or until a soft dough forms. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead until smooth and elastic (about 4 minutes), adding remaining 15 ounces all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon at a time, to prevent dough from sticking.

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Place dough in a large bowl coated with cooking spray. Cover and let rise in a warm place (85), free from drafts, 1 hour and 15 minutes or until doubled in size. (Gently press two fingers into dough. If indention remains, dough has risen enough.)

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To prepare filling, combine cream cheese and the next 4 ingredients (through dash of salt) in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Salt

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Bowl

Punch dough down; roll dough into a 12 x 15-inch rectangle on lightly floured parchment paper.

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Spread cream cheese mixture down center of dough, leaving about a 5-inch border on each side and a 1-inch border at top and bottom of rectangle. Make 5-inch cuts about 1 inch apart on both sides of dough to meet filling using a sharp knife or kitchen shears.

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Cream Cheese

Spread

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Remove 4 outer corner strips of dough from rectangle; discard. Fold top and bottom 1-inch portions of dough over filling. Fold strips over filling, alternating strips diagonally over filling. Press ends to seal.

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Transfer braid and parchment paper to a baking sheet. Cover and let rise 45 minutes.

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