Apple Danish

You can't beat this one for breakfast or as a snack. This recipe pairs fresh apples with perfect pastry, cinnamon, and brown sugar.

Prep Time:15

Cook Time:20

Total Time:35

Servings: Danishes

Ingredients

8 ounces crescent rolls 8 count package
¼ cup unsalted butter
2 large apples peeled, cored and chopped
¼ cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon salt
¼ cup confectioners’ sugar
2 teaspoons milk

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
Melt the butter in a pan on the stovetop over medium heat. Add the chopped apples and sauté for 2 minutes. Mix in the brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Continue to sauté over medium heat until the mixture is bubbling and the apples are tender. Remove from the heat and let rest.
Flour the countertop and unroll the crescent rolls onto the floured surface. Pinch the pre-cut lines together and use a floured rolling pin to flatten it out into one big rectangle. Then transfer the dough onto the prepared baking sheet.
Take kitchen scissors and cut strips into one side of the rectangle. Make each strip about 1½-inches deep and ½-inch wide. Repeat this on the opposite side of the rectangle. Then pour the filling down the center of the dough.
Starting at the bottom of the dough, take the first strip of either side and carefully fold it over the top of the filling at an angle. Then repeat this with the corresponding strip on the opposite side. The two strips folded over the filling should form a V shape like a braid. Continue braiding the dough with the remaining strips down the entire length of the dough.
Bake for 20 minutes. Check often and remove from the oven once the filling is bubbly and the dough is golden. Allow them to cool slightly.
Mix together the confectioners’ sugar and milk to form a glaze. Add a little more confectioners’ sugar or milk if the glaze is too runny or thick. Use a tablespoon to drizzle the glaze over the top of the Danish. Serve while still warm and enjoy!

Notes

Feel free to change up the ingredients, subbing pear for the apple perhaps, or make some of each.
You can freeze these treats individually wrapped in plastic for up to three months then thaw them overnight in the refrigerator.
Give the pastries time to cool from hot to warm before adding the glaze or else it will melt into the pastry too much.

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