Overnight Cherry Danish
These rolls with their cherry-filled centers melt in your mouth and store well, unfrosted, in the freezer. —Leann Sauder, Tremont, Illinois
Ingredients
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
- 1/2 cup warm 2% milk (110° to 115°)
- 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup cold butter, cubed
- 1-1/2 cups warm half-and-half cream (70° to 80°)
- 6 large egg yolks, room temperature
- 1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
- ICING:
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Dash salt
- 4 to 5 tablespoons half-and-half cream
Reviews
I’ve made this recipe for a few years now. I’ve read some reviews and gave to say that the overnight rise is important, it helps the dough to develop a better flavour. It never looks like it has risen much, but you’ll always get a good result following this recipe as is. I’ve gotten so many compliments on these~ they’re delicious and good proof!
Great cipe, my family loved them!! Make sure you make the danish rings have a very small hole, so that when they rise there isn't one. I added 2 Tbsp of cream cheese and about a 1/4 tsp of extract to the icing.
Deleting one star just for the confusion in the recipe. I found this recipe in my Taste of Home Best Loved Recipes cookbook. I followed the directions carefully. However, upon rising in the morning (like other reviewers), my dough had not risen at all. It was just like it was when I put it in the fridge the night before. I was about to throw out the entire lump of dough, but decided to check on line to see if there was a typo with the recipe in the book or something. Nope, just the same. Thankfully...many reviewers had the same issue as I did. Just continue doing as the recipe states and your rolls will turn out perfectly. (I guess the rising over night is unnecessary.) They are light and flaky like a croissant. The dough is only slightly sweet. They turned out bigger than I thought they would...they are about the size of my palm. Remind me of a kolache, only the dough is lighter and flakier. Were fun to make once I realized they weren't ruined, and will make a nice addition to Christmas Dinner.
I want to thank Leanne S for posting this great sounding recipe.I'm giving this 3 stars only because there are already issues. hope the end result is supergood.the idea, ingredients and looks of this recipe caught my eye and attention. I'm an experienced baker so the work involved didn't faze me and used my KitchenAid. first problem was my yeast didn't dissolve in my warm milk. yeast is new and milk warmed and checked by thermometer. second problem was my dough did not form a 'soft anything' as stated in recipe. so I scraped it out of KA bowl, halved it and set in 2 zipper 'sprayed' bags to rise. placed inside the oven as I know dough will rise in frig but no draft or coolness in oven, better conclusion for me. today I'll buy the can of cherry pie filling and finish recipe tomorrow. my fingers are crossed.
Have made this recipe several times and have always had great results. Making it again today to donate to a benefit. Not sure why some people are having trouble, I follow this recipe to the letter each time with no problem. I would recommend making sure that you activated the yeast. As with any yeast recipe, it will start rising as it warms up (if you have refrigerated it) and will continue to rise as it should during the 45 minutes between shaping them and putting them into your oven. Thank you so much for the recipe.
These are always a hit with the family! They do take some planning but they are so work it. Like someone else has mentioned, frozen sweet dough is a good way to cut out a few steps and not have to make this the day ahead!
I rolled the dough out next morning, cut into squares and shaped when I put them on baking sheet. Tasted and looked great Probably took 45 min. off preparation time. Great flavor. Will make many more times [my method]. Thanks for the tip on sugar and rising.
If your in a hurry you can use frozensweet dough. Thaw, roll out as directed and follow recipe.
I got rave reviews when I served this for Christmas breakfast and many requests for the recipe. They came out perfect!
Second time's the charm! We also had big problems with the dough not rising while in the fridge overnight... here's how we did it:Put a little sugar in the yeast/milk combo in the beginning to help the yeast wake up. We used fresh yeast the second time too for good measure. Secondly, leave the dough outside of the fridge in a draft-free spot (aka oven that's turned off) for like an hour before chilling it. This step gives the yeast time to set up before putting it back to sleep in the fridge. It rose considerably more that way by the time we took it out of the fridge next morning. Yielding fluffy, croissant-like danishes. :)Also, notes for what we added to the dough to give it flavor: 1tsp or so almond extract (for half the recipe) and half a grated Tonka bean. The cream cheese filling recipe by nw1653 (see below) is fantastic! Good luck and enjoy!