Danish Coffee Cream Puff Muffins Food

DANISH COFFEE CREAM PUFF MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix together the cream cheese, instant coffee, powdered sugar and chocolate.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
• In another bowl, whisk eggs with sour cream, sugar and vanilla.
• Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the egg, sour cream mixture, stirring for 10 seconds.
• Dough will be quite thick.
• Spoon batter into greased muffin pans to about one-third full.
• Then drop a heaping teaspoonful of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each muffin, being sure it doesn't touch the edges of the pan.
• Top with the remaining batter, making sure it covers the filling.
• Place into preheated oven on center rack and bake until done.
• Bake at 375 degrees 18 to 20 minutes.

CHEESE DANISH MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*F.
• Have ready 12 greased or paper-lined standard-size muffin cups.
• In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, 2 Tbsp.
• sugar, and lemon juice until fluffy; set aside.
• In another bowl, beat the egg lightly with a fork; add the milk, melted butter, and lemon zest.
• In another bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
• Add the egg mixture just until combined; do not overmix.
• Fill the muffin cups 1/2 full; place 1 Tbsp.
• of the cheese mixture in the center of each cup.
• Cover with remaining batter; bake for 20 minutes, until tops are lightly golden and a toothpick tests out clean.
• Cool 5 minutes in the tins before inverting onto wire racks.
• Dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with a lemon glaze, if desired; serve warm or cool.
• Store covered in the refrigerator; bring to room temperature before serving.

PUFF PASTRY DANISHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Beat first 4 ingredients until smooth; beat in 1 egg yolk., Mix water and remaining egg yolk. On a lightly floured surface, unfold each sheet of puff pastry; roll into a 12-in. square. Cut each into nine 4-in. squares; transfer to parchment-lined baking sheets., Top each square with 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture and 1 rounded teaspoon jam. Bring 2 opposite corners of pastry over filling, sealing with yolk mixture. Brush tops with remaining yolk mixture., Bake until golden brown, 14-16 minutes. Serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers.

DANISH PUFF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Place 1 cup flour in medium bowl. Cut in 1/2 cup softened butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons water over mixture; toss with fork.
• Gather pastry into a ball; divide in half. Pat each half into 12x3-inch rectangle, about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
• In 2-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup water to rolling boil; remove from heat. Quickly stir in almond extract and 1 cup flour. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat. Add eggs; beat until smooth. Spread half of the topping over each rectangle.
• Bake about 1 hour or until topping is crisp and brown; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely.
• In medium bowl, mix all glaze ingredients except nuts until smooth and spreadable. Spread over top of pastry; sprinkle with nuts.

COCOA PUFF MUFFINS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180°C.
• Grease 12 x 1/2 cup muffin tin.
• Sift flour and cocoa into large bowl.
• Add sugar and 1 3/4 cups cocos puffs; stir well.
• Add butter,egg and buttermilk to dry ingredients. Stir till just combined.
• Spoon mixture evenly into muffin pan.
• Sprinkle with remaining cocoa puffs.
• Bake 20 minutes, then stand 5 minutes.
• Then turn onto wire rack.
• Serve warm.

DANISH PUFFS (BISQUICK)

Steps:

• Stir together muffin batter ingredients for 30 seconds.
• Bake at 400 degrees in greased mini-muffin tin for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool slightly and roll tops of muffins in melted butter, then cinnamon sugar mixture.
• Makes 24 mini muffins.

DANISH ALMOND PUFF

Steps:

• Place 1 cup of flour in a medium bowl. Mix in butter using a fork or a pastry blender. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of water over, and stir with a fork until dough comes together. Divide into two balls. Pat dough into two long strips on an ungreased baking sheet, about 14 inches long and 3 inches wide. Set aside.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup of butter and 1 cup of water. Bring to a rolling boil. Add 1 teaspoon of almond extract and remove from the heat. Immediately stir in 1 cup of flour until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan. Gradually stir in the eggs until well blended. Divide evenly, and spread over the two crusts on the baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 1 hour. Allow to cool almost to room temperature before frosting.
• To make the frosting, mix together the confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon of almond extract and a splash of milk in a small bowl until smooth. Add more milk if necessary to make a pourable glaze. Drizzle over the Danish, and decorate with candy sprinkles if desired.

DANISH PUFF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Place flour in a bowl; cut in butter until crumbly. Sprinkle with water; toss with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Divide dough in half. On greased baking sheets, press each portion into 12x3-in. rectangle., For topping, in a saucepan, heat butter and water to a rolling boil. Add flour and salt all at once and beat until blended. Cook over low heat, stirring vigorously until mixture pulls away from sides of pan and forms a ball. Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until smooth. Add extract; continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny. Spread half of the mixture over each rectangle., Bake until puffed and golden brown, about 1 hour. Cool on pans 10 minutes., Mix first four icing ingredients until smooth; spread over warm pastries. Sprinkle with almonds.