Jam filled Danish Pastries
Making Jam filled Danish pastry at home doesn't have to be intimidating. Give this easy recipe a try!
Danish pastries always seemed to be a challenging yeast bread recipe for me to try at home. Now I wonder why I waited so long!
I've had Danish pastry on my mind as a recipe I've wanted to bake for quite some time. This month I jumped in and gave it a go. It is hard to disappoint when you are baking with 2 cups of butter so even if my pastries might not look bakery-ready, they certainly were good enough for me.
I followed the recipe from King Arthur Flour (omitting only the glaze) and would suggest the same to you if you are a beginner like me when it comes to pastry.
While the overall timing can span over two days, the actual hands-on, active time in this recipe is really not that taxing at all.
The dough is layered with butter and folded, then the process repeated. To make my pastries "stuffed" I used a fruit filling of quality jam and folded the circle of pastry dough in half to make these bundles.
I also tried the method stated in the recipe and made flattened circles with space in the middle for the jam and those turned out nicely too as you'll see in the photo below.
Recipe: This recipe is directly from King Arthur Flour and the link to the ingredients and instructions is here.
Holly Baker started the food blog, A Baker's House, in 2011. She is the writer, recipe creator, and photographer for the site. Holly loves to bake and shares recipes for gluten free food, canning recipes, as well as traditional desserts too. Her recipes and food photography have been highlighted by BuzzFeed, Reader's Digest, and She Knows.
Looks gorgeous! I like so much how the dough looks as puff-pastry
Those pastries look absolutely lovely.
You absolutely cannot beat a buttery outside with a jammy inside! Beautiful pastry, Holly!
Such perfect pastries! These used to be my favourite when I was a child - yours look so inviting! I am putting them on my to-do list!!
This was such a fun theme! I love that you tackled laminated dough--lots of folks avoid it like the plague! Yours turned out beautifully and you just can't go wrong with jam filling. =)
Wow, these look really fantastic! I can see how buttery and flaky the pastry is, nice job!
I love Danish and these turned out beautifully. I am very impressed.
I am completely drooling over your gorgeous pastries. I could close my eyes and be back in Europe again eating one of these!!
Those are perfect! I love both versions!
These look great for breakfast. We're Airbnb hosts, so these will be perfect to make for our guests.
We could eat these for Dessert after dinner. So flaky and the layers look absolutely gorgeous! Let's plan to meet soon.
I would eat all of these! One bite at a time! Hope you are doing well, Holly!
Beautiful Danish pastries -- perfectly done.
These danishes look amazing! I have never tackled it yet.
They are so pretty and I bet they taste amazing!
Buttery, flaky outside and a jam-filled beautiful, treat-y center, pretty, pretty bread!!!
These are amazing and waiting to be picked.
Looks so delicious.... Have to try them sooner..
oooh these look so fabulous - must try!!!
Danishes are always a hit here!