Danish Cherries Recipes

Steps:

• Separate each tube of breadsticks into six sections but leave coiled. Place in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Brush generously with butter and sprinkle with sugar. , Make an indentation in the top of each coil; fill with about 1 tablespoon of pie filling. Bake at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Combine confectioners' sugar and water; drizzle over warm rolls.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly butter 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly-roll pan (cookie sheet with sides).
• In medium bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla with mixer until smooth.
• Remove dough from one tube of crescent rolls.
• Unroll and place in middle of pan.
• Pat out with fingers, pressing perforations together, until dough completely covers bottom of pan.
• Place in oven 4 minutes, or until slightly dry.
• Cool slightly and spread cream cheese mixture evenly over dough.
• Spread pie filling over cheese.
• Unroll remaining sheet of crescent rolls and separate into 8 triangles along perforations.
• Arrange triangles on top of cherries, spaced evenly (will not cover surface completely).
• Brush with egg glaze.
• Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown and cheese mixture is set.
• Let cool and dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
• Cut into squares and refrigerate until serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• To make the icing: In a small microwave-safe bowl, combine powdered sugar, cornstarch, vanilla extract, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of cold water. Mix until the ingredients have dissolved.
• Add marshmallow creme and microwave for 5 seconds, or until the creme is soft enough to fold into the mixture. Stir until smooth. Add whipped topping and stir again, until evenly combined. Cover and refrigerate the icing until you're ready to ice the Danish.
• To make the Danish: In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, oats, granulated sugar, soymilk, and almond extract, and stir until thoroughly mixed. Fold in cherries and set aside. This is your filling.
• Spray a large baking sheet with nonstick spray. Roll out the dough on the sheet into a large rectangle of even thickness. If using crescent roll dough, pinch together perforated seams to seal. Arrange baking sheet in front of you so that the short sides are on the left and right and the long sides are on the top and bottom. Spoon the cherry filling lengthwise across the middle third of the dough, leaving 1/2-inch borders on the left and right of the filling.
• Starting from the top, make 12 vertical cuts-about 1 inch apart-along the top section of the dough, stopping about 1/2 inch from the filling. Repeat with the bottom section of the dough. This will create 1-inch-wide strips of dough on both the top and bottom of the filling.
• Alternate folding the 1-inch strips from the top and the bottom over the filling, covering the filling completely and creating a crisscrossed, "braided" appearance. When you reach the last few strips, cross them toward the middle of the Danish. After all the strips have been folded, fold the left and right sides of the dough in toward the filling, so the filling cannot escape, and pat firmly to seal.
• Bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until pastry is crispy and golden brown. Allow it to cool completely.
• Just before serving, stir icing and drizzle it over the entire Danish. Cut Danish into 8 slices and indulge! (P.S. Refrigerate leftovers.)
• PER SERVING (1/8th of recipe, 1 slice): 147 calories, 5g fat, 312mg sodium, 22.5g carbs, 0.5g fiber, 10g sugars, 4g protein

Steps:

• In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm milk. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt. Cut in butter until crumbly. Add yeast mixture, cream and egg yolks; stir until mixture forms a soft dough (dough will be sticky). Refrigerate, covered, overnight., Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; divide into 4 portions. Roll each portion into an 18x4-in. rectangle; cut into 4x1-in. strips. , Place 2 strips side by side; twist together. Shape into a ring and pinch ends together. Place 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining strips. Cover with kitchen towels; let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes., Preheat oven to 350°. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, make a 1/2-in.-deep indentation in the center of each Danish. Fill each with about 1 tablespoon pie filling. Bake 14-16 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool., For icing, in a bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla, salt and enough cream to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over Danish.

Steps:

• 1) Place cherries in a heavy medium-sized saucepan, and cook over medium heat, covered, for 10 minutes.
• 2) Meanwhile, combine cornstarch and sugar in a small bowl. Add lemon juice and whisk until smooth. Stir this into the hot cherries, and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until thick (5 to 8 minutes).
• 3) Remove from heat and stir in lemon rind, almond extract and slivered almonds. Serve hot, warm, room, temperature, or cold, top with whipped cream, whipped ricotta or yogurt.

Steps:

• Pit one cup of cherries and reserve.
• Cook remaining cherries in 3 quarts water; when tender, press through a sieve.
• Add the cup of pitted cherries, cinnamon stick, and lemon slices to the juice.
• Cook slowly for a few minutes.
• Make a paste of cornstarch and a little juice or water; add to soup, stirring constantly.
• Bring to a boil and add the sugar.
• Serve hot or cold.

Steps:

• Wash and pit cherries (if you don't have a pitter, a sturdy straw works).
• In a large saucepan combine sugar, cinnamon sticks, almond extract, water and corn syrup.
• Over medium high heat bring to a boil, stirring often to prevent scorching.
• Reduce heat to a simmer and add cherries.
• Simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove cinnamon sticks.
• Ladle hot sauce into hot sterile jars, leaving 1/2 inch head space.
• Wipe rims and adjust 2 piece caps.
• Process 10 minutes in a boiling water canner.
• **To thicken sauce for serving, combine 1 T cornstarch and 2 T's water in a medium saucepan.
• Whisk well to remove any lumps.
• Add 1 pint Danish Cherry Sauce and bring to a boil, cooking until sauce reaches desired thickness.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Unroll 1 of the cans of crescent dough into 2 long rectangles.
• Place in greased 13x9-inch baking pan; press onto bottom of pan to form crust, pressing seams together to seal.
• Beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup of the sugar, egg white and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
• Spread onto crust and then cover the cream cheese mixture with pie filling.
• Unroll remaining can of crescent dough; separate into 2 long rectangles.
• Press out to form a 13x9-inch rectangle, pressing seams together to seal.
• Place over pie filling to form top crust.
• Bake 25 minutes or until golden brown; cool slightly.
• Gradually add milk to remaining 3/4 cup sugar, beating with wire whisk until well blended.
• Drizzle over warm dessert.
• Cut into 24 rectangles to serve.
• Store leftover dessert in refridgerator.