Peach Cream Cheese Braided Danish Video Recipe
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Big thank you to Blog Her and Del Monte for sponsoring the braided danish recipe. This is the second time in one week we’ve baked this peach cream cheese danish.
You see the first time, we were like, “oh my goodness this is good, we need a video to show everyone how easy and incredibly good it is!” So here we are. My taste testers didn’t complain.
Baby it’s cold outside and holiday cooking is in full swing. Unfortunately nearly all of the produce in the grocery store is out-of-season. With Del Monte® products you can plant a “garden” in your pantry and still have ‘garden quality’ fruits and veggies year round.
If you haven’t tried the Del Monte product line, take a minute to read the following. You’ll be mighty impressed and inspired to build a garden in your pantry too!
Watch how to make this Braided Danish:
Ingredients for the cream cheese filling:
6 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
1/4 cup sugar
1 large egg yolk, room temperature
1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/8 tsp salt 1/2 tsp lemon juice
For the peach Filling:
1 (15 oz) can Del Monte® Sliced Peaches, Raspberry Flavored, drained (keep the juice for smoothies!)
Ingredients for the pastry:
1 sheet of store-bought frozen puff pastry, thawed according to package instructions
Egg Wash: 1 large egg mixed with 1 Tbsp water
Toppings:
Coarse sugar (I used raw sugar)
Glaze: 1/3 cup Powdered sugar mixed with 1/2 Tbsp Milk
How To Make Braided Danish:
Preheat Your Oven to 400°F.
Making your Braided Danish Fillings:
1. Place cream cheese and sugar in a bowl and beat on low speed until smooth
2. Add egg yolk, vanilla, salt and lemon juice and continue mixing just until well blended. Set aside.
3. Slice the Del Monte® peaches into 1/4″ thick slices
Prepping the Pastry and Assembly:
1. Dust a sheet of parchment paper with flour. Place your thawed puff pastry dough over it and roll it out slightly to flatten the top.
2. Spread your prepared cream cheese in the middle of your puff pastry lengthwise, staying inside the the middle third of the pastry and leaving a 1″ border at the top and bottom of the pastry.
3. Spread peach slices evenly over the cream cheese.
4. Cut off the top corners and cut out notches in the bottom of your pastry. Use kitchen scissors or a pizza cutter to cut an equal number of 1-inch wide strips diagonally down the sides of the pastry, leaving at least 1/2-inch before you reach the filling. Braid the pastry strips by folding them in, alternating between sides. Whistle while you work, do da doot doot doot da doot….
5. Make an egg wash by briskly beating 1 egg and 1 Tbsp of water with a fork. “forksking,” it sounds a whole lot better than “forking” which could be misconstrued. oh never mind. Brush the braided pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with coarse sugar. Bake at 400˚F for 25-28 min or until top is golden brown.
6. Once the braided danish is cooled to room temp, mix 1/3 cup powdered sugar with 1/2 Tbsp milk and drizzle over the pastry. But if you make the glaze, you’re required to sing a Christmas tune while drizzling. Take your time. This baking gig is fun
Inspiration from: My Cheesecake Danish Recipe, Braiding lessons from: A Cozy Kitchen, The Kitchn, and Oh My Sugar High; my braid was lovely thanks to you all!
Make sure to stop by the Del Monte® Facebook Page and show ’em some “like” for inspiring this awesome recipe!
Peach Cream Cheese Braided Danish
Ingredients
Ingredients for the cream cheese filling:
- 6 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg yolk, room temperature
- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
For the peach Filling:
- 1 15 oz can of Del Monte Garden Quality ® sliced peaches (I used raspberry flavored), drained
Ingredients for the pastry:
- 1 sheet store-bought frozen puff pastry, thawed according to package instructions
- Egg Wash: 1 large egg mixed with 1 Tbsp water
Toppings:
- Coarse sugar, I used raw sugar
- Glaze: 1/3 cup Powdered sugar mixed with 1/2 Tbsp Milk
Instructions
Preheat Your Oven to 400°F.
Making your Fillings:
- Place cream cheese and sugar in a bowl and beat on low speed until smooth
- Add egg yolk, vanilla, salt and lemon juice and continue mixing just until well blended. Set aside.
- Slice the DelMonte peaches into 1/4" thick slices.
Prepping the Pastry and Assembly:
- Dust a sheet of parchment paper with flour. Place your thawed puff pastry dough over it and roll it out slightly to flatten the top.
- Spread your prepared cream cheese in the middle of your puff pastry lengthwise, staying inside the the middle third of the pastry and leaving a 1" border at the top and bottom of the pastry.
- Spread peach slices evenly over the cream cheese.
- Cut off the top corners and cut out notches in the bottom of your pastry. Use kitchen scissors or a pizza cutter to cut an equal number of 1-inch wide strips diagonally down the sides of the pastry, leaving at least 1/2-inch before you reach the filling. Braid the pastry strips by folding them in, alternating between sides.
- Make an egg wash by briskly beating 1 egg and 1 Tbsp of water with a fork. Brush the braided pastry with egg wash and sprinkle with coarse sugar. Bake at 400˚F for 25-28 min or until top is golden brown.
- Once the braided danish is cooled to room temp, mix 1/3 powdered sugar with 1/2 Tbsp milk and drizzle over the pastry.
Natasha Kravchuk
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I love keeping canned peaches and canned green beans on hand.
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Made this yesterday and it came out great! Lotsa filling and not too much dough. Really quick and easy. It’s keeper! Thank you!
-That’s fantastic!! I’m so glad you loved it and honored that you made it on Thanksgiving 🙂 – Natasha
I like having canned mushrooms on hand for homemade pizza.
I love fresh fruit and veggies in season. I love berries the most.
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I always have canned corn, sweet peas, pineapple and peaches in my pantry!
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I love to store peaches, mandarins and corn. My kids love to eat them just plan
mine is canned tomatoes and peaches (for cake)
We stock up on pears and mandarin oranges!
I always have beans, green peas, corn, olives and peaches. This desert looks delish and is super easy to make! I’m going to make it for sure!
peaches and mandarin oranges
Peaches and pineapples! I’ve baked with DelMonte peaches before and YES they are delicious!!! And I used the juice, diluted with water to soak the cake layers!! YAM! 🙂
I always keep canned tomatoes and beans.
I always have pear, peach, black beans, azuki beans, tomato, corn, cream corn, nameko mushroom:)
Peaches, pears, tomatoes, and green beans
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I love to stock canned peaches and corn
I like storing as many canned items as I can in my food storage…peaches, pears, pineapple, apples, beans, corn, green beans, we love it all! And I want to say how unfair it is that I am staring at your tasty photos while I am eating grossy cereal this morning…I am contemplating tossing it in the sink and getting started on this recipe stat! Yum!
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I bought a big box of puff pastry at Cash & Carry and was looking for recipes to use. This looks so delish, I’m going to make it tonight! Thank you!
I always have green beans, sweet peas and fruit cups for school snacks for kids. Del Monte is my favorite brand also 🙂
Peaches, plums, and tomatoes
I love french beans and pears!
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I stock up on green beans and pears.
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I like to stock canned beans and pineapple in my pantry
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We always have canned peaches, beans, green beans, corn, and pumpkin 🙂 btw the danish looks very delicious!
I usually always have canned corn. my kids love it when i bake it in the oven with some salt and butter. makes a great easy side dish.
I was wondering if there’s leftovers from the Danish do you refrigerate them? Or leave out on counter. Wasn’t sure since it has cream cheese in it?
-You can definitely refrigerate them. Once the cream cheese is baked it’s really ok to even leave it out overnight, but to be on the safe side, I’d probably refrigerate it 🙂 – Natasha
Green beans are a staple for me. Quick and easy and everybody likes them!
Canned corn, canned pineapple, and manadrin oranges
I am seriously in love with your food blog. This looks sooooo delicious! Love the video. Definitely trying this!
Natasha thank you for this wonderful recipe!! It was so quick and easy and absolutely delicious! It’s a keeper! I topped mine with some sliced almonds before baking.
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I always have a big stock of tomatoes but also lots of fruits like pineapple, peaches, pears and mandarin oranges.
We love to stock up on canned pineapple, peas, beans, corn, and especially tomatos.
In our pantry, I love to store cherries and pineapple which are great for making pineapple upside down cake when fresh fruits aren’t in season.
Canned tomatoes, corn, peas!! We usually eat fresh fruit in season but usually have frozen blueberries and raspberries. Also canned pineapple for pizza! so delicious!! 🙂 This recipe looks soooo yummy! I’ll have to give it a try 🙂
Natasha,
what store did you buy the peaches raspberry flavored?
thanks!
-Walart – Natasha 🙂
Hi Natasha Omg this receipe looks soo delicious and not very hard. I have in my pantry canned cherries, corn ,tomatoes, pees …I’m defiantly going to make this Danish for my hubby……
I always keep corn and green beans in the cabinets.
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My family loves canned pears. But they never stay in the pantry long. I keep green beans and sweet corn as well.
I always have tomatoes stocked on my shelves for last minute recipes
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Only ‘canned’ fruit my kids will eat is apple sauce, but that’s not really canned. They love frozen fruit in everything though, and just fresh fruit they can peel ;). Two veggies that I keep are canned tomatoes and corn.
I love keeping canned pears and canned peaches in my pantry! I always get the bulk boxes from Costco because they are packed in 100% juice!
Hi Natasha, thank you for that recipe!!! It is simple but so delicious!!!! By the end of the day I’ve checked my email and received your letter, and gues what I’ve took out of the oven at 11 pm;)))???? It was that Danish, it tastes heavenly for me it was almost gone in 10 min (everybody at home wanted just to try;)) )!
In my pantry always are canned peaches, pineapples, pasta source, and the peaches exactly Del Monte brand!!! I love them!
Again, thank you!!!!
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I like to keep tinned carrots, tomatoes, green beans and sweetcorn in the pantry! I also keep a large amount of tinned fruit because my children are big fans, some of our favorites are pineapple chunks and mandarins in light syrup.
oh i have all kinds of fruit in my panty, strating with peaches are my FAVORITE, i can eat a can or two in no time, then got pineapple, peas, corn, green beens, diced tomatos, cherries:) and many many more:)
canned tomatoes, spinach, and frozen banana!
I always have dried prunes, dates and dried apricots in my pantry. Very healthy to snack on and satisfy my sweet tooth. And I almost always have canned tomatoes and corn.
I keep canned tomatoes, beans, corn, potatoes, beets, mushrooms, jalapeños, and sometimes pumpkin
I like to keep canned cherries. I use it as a topping for any dessert
The only canned fruit I think I store is the Trader Joe’s cherries… They are deliciius. Otherwise it’s mostly veggies such as beans, tomatoes, etc.
I don’t really use many canned fruits, but I do like peaches, mandarins and love canned corn and of course, pickles.
Canned green beans are the best to stock in your pantry. Green bean casserole is great for those days when it’s not Thanksgiving, but you could use a little taste of Thanksgiving. 🙂
MMM!!!! This Peach Danish look so amazing. Will be trying to make one tomorrow and see how it comes out.
Tomatoes and lychees 🙂
I always have tomatoes stocked up in my pantry! I use them in borsh, galubtsi, pasta dishes, and soup.
love to have many kinds of canned tomatoes on hand for different chilis and soups
I’m addicted to pickled tomatoes, I used to buy them from the grocery store until I saw your recipe. I also love canned peaches… even more than the fresh ones!
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I would say bananas, oranges, and kiwis
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I like cherries! 🙂
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Thanks for the giveaway:) in my pantry I like to keep canned apricots & cranberry jelly I use for a cake.. Also I have some veggies that I use..