Cheese Danish
Soft and sweet little pastries filled with cheese. Perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack or any time you want to indulge your sweet tooth.
Ingredients
For the dough:
- 4 cups (500 grams) flour
- 1 tablespoon dry yeast
- ½ cup sugar
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 stick (100 grams) melted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon salt
For the filling:
- 16 oz. (500 grams) farmer cheese
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract / paste
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 tablespoon melted butter
Garnish:
- 1 egg beaten for egg wash
- 2 tablespoon powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a stand mixer bowl, place all dough ingredients and knead with the kneading hook for 5 minutes until you get a unified dough.
- Grease the bowl and make sure all the dough is greased too, cover with plastic and let the dough rest in a warm place for about an hour or until the dough doubles in volume.
- Set the oven to 180°C / 350°F with the fan.
- In a bowl, mix all the filling ingredients well.
- Roll the dough into a large rectangular leaf, about 3 to 4 mm thick.
- Cut 4 inches squares out of the dough.
- Fill each square with a tablespoon of the filling.
- Close the squares like envelopes and place on a baking pan.
- Brush the envelopes with the beaten egg.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Cool at room temperature.
- Sprinkle powdered sugar on the pastries.
- Have a cheese Danish and enjoy!