Delicious Almond Braids Recipe

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This coffee cake is very similar to an almond crescent. It is light, flaky with a rich almond center. It's so versatile you can serve it for dessert, breakfast or brunch. This will taste like it was made from scratch at a bakery, yet the pakaged puff pastry, makes this recipe very quick and easy to make.—Gina Idone, Staten Island, New York

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Delicious Almond Braids Recipe

Prep: 25 min. Bake: 30 min. + cooling

Yield: 12 Servings

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Ingredients

1 package (7 ounces) almond paste
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 package (17.3 ounces) frozen puff pastry, thawed
GLAZE:
3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons 2% milk
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

Directions

Place the almond paste, butter and sugar in a food processor; cover and pulse until chopped. Add egg and flour; process until smooth.
Unfold puff pastry sheets onto a greased baking sheet. Spread half of the filling mixture down the center third of one pastry sheet. On each side, cut eight strips about 3-1/2 in. into the center. Starting at one end, fold alternating strips at an angle across filling. Pinch ends to seal. Repeat with remaining pastry and filling.
Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to a wire rack.
Combine the confectioners' sugar, milk, and almond extract. Drizzle over braids; sprinkle with almonds. Cut into slices. Yield: 2 braids (6 slices each).

Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 430 calories, 25 g fat (8 g saturated fat), 38 mg cholesterol, 197 mg sodium, 49 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 6 g protein.

Originally published as Delicious Almond Braids in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2012, p103