Daring Bakers Challenge

This month’s challenge was a Danish pastry. If not for this challenge, I don’t believe I would have EVER been crazy enough to make this bread.

Long before the challenge was announced, I remember reading about homemade croissant bread. It involved “folding in cold chunks of butter” in “layers, repeatedly for long hours” to make that nice flaky bread. And then thought, NO- I’ll just buy croissants in the refrigerator section.

So, in hindsight, it really wasn’t that bad. It only took a whole day, and I WASN’T rolling out dough the entire time. Ha- ONLY a whole day. (that includes rise time, rest time, and repeat about 7 times…. yada yada yada…)

I made two danishes and used the extra dough to make croissants. The dough had a wonderful hint of orange and vanilla. The first danish had a strawberry-rhubarb filling- my favorite! And the second had a almond maple cream cheese filling. Both delicious.

I certainly think I’ll be making this again. Thanks Daring Bakers!

These recipes are so long to post, if you are interested, email me at rachel(at)foodierachel(dot)com

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