Saturday, December 29, 2012

Apple Danish Braid

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This is a great recipe from Pampered Chef. 

Apple Danish Braid

Ingredients:

  • 1 pkg. (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup pecans, chopped
  • 2 pkgs. refrigerated crescent rolls
  • 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
  • 1 TBS. sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 375 F.
  2. In a bowl, combine cream cheese and powdered sugar until well blended. Add egg mixing until smooth.
  3. Unroll 1 pkg. of crescent dough; do not separate. Arrange longest sides of dough across width of 12" x 15" rectangle baking stone or cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining pkg. of dough. Roll dough to seal perforations.
  4. On longest sides of baking stone, cut dough into strips 1-1/2 inches apart, 3 inches deep using pizza cutter (there will be 6 inches in the center for the filling).
  5. Spread half of cream cheese mixture evenly over middle of dough.
  6. Peel, core and slice apples. Cut slices crosswise in half; evenly arrange apple slices over cream cheese mixture.
  7. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples.
  8. Scoop remaining cream cheese mixture over apples; sprinkle with pecans.
  9. To braid, lift strips of dough across mixture to meet in center, twisting each strip one turn. Continue alternating strips to form a braid. Tuck ends under to seal at end of braid.
  10. Bake 25-28 minutes or until deep golden brown. Remove from oven. Cut & serve.

Note: I halved this recipe in the picture above.

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