Danish Puff

Name: Danish Puff
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened; 2 tablespoons water; 1/2 cup butter or margarine; 1 cup water; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour; 3 eggs; 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar; 2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; 1 to 2 tablespoons warm water or milk; Chopped nuts

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Prep 20 min
Total 1 hr 20 min
Servings 10

You can serve this double-textured pastry as a bread or dessert. What an elegant addition to a brunch buffet table! MORE+ LESS-

By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Updated October 24, 2006

Ingredients

Pastry

cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

1/2

cup butter or margarine, softened

tablespoons water

Topping

1/2

cup butter or margarine

cup water

teaspoon almond extract

cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

eggs

Creamy Vanilla Glaze

1 1/2

cups powdered sugar

tablespoons butter or margarine, softened

1/2

teaspoon vanilla

to 2 tablespoons warm water or milk

Chopped nuts

Steps

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1

Heat oven to 350°F. Place 1 cup flour in medium bowl. Cut in 1/2 cup softened butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons water over mixture; toss with fork.
2

Gather pastry into a ball; divide in half. Pat each half into 12x3-inch rectangle, about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
3

In 2-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup water to rolling boil; remove from heat. Quickly stir in almond extract and 1 cup flour. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat. Add eggs; beat until smooth. Spread half of the topping over each rectangle.
4

Bake about 1 hour or until topping is crisp and brown; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely.
5

In medium bowl, mix all glaze ingredients except nuts until smooth and spreadable. Spread over top of pastry; sprinkle with nuts.

Expert Tips

Danish pastry originated when the Danes added sweet fillings to Austrian pastry. The result--a crispy, golden puff with a luscious, surprise filling--earned praise even from the Austrians!
Balance the sweet almond flavor by serving with a small bowl of lemon curd garnished with mint.

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 380
Calories from Fat: 210

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 23g; 36%
Saturated Fat 14g 68% Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol: 120mg; 40%
Sodium: 170mg; 7%
Potassium: 60mg; 2%
Total Carbohydrate: 38g; 13%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 18g
Protein: 5g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 15%; 15%
Vitamin C: 0%; 0%
Calcium: 2%; 2%
Iron: 8%; 8%

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;