Cream Cheese Danish
Cream Cheese Danish
Servings: 4
Dough
1 1/4 cup 2%
mozzarella, shredded
6 tbsp. almond
Flour
3 tbsp. coconut
flour
4 tbsp. Swerve
1/2 tsp baking
powder
1/2 tsp vanilla
2 tbsp. butter,
melted
1 large egg
Filling
6 oz. cream cheese
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp vanilla
extract
1/4 cup sugar
equivalent
1 egg yolk
Icing
3 tbsp. powdered
Swerve
2 tbsp. heavy cream
2 oz. cream cheese
1/4 tsp vanilla
extract
1. Preheat oven to 400
degrees.
2. Soften cream
cheese and whisk together with lemon juice, vanilla, Swerve and egg yolk.
Refrigerate until dough is ready.
3. Mix flours
and baking powder. Set aside.
4. Combine butter,
vanilla and sweetener. Set aside.
5. Melt
mozzarella in the microwave for 30 seconds. Stir and microwave in 15 second
intervals until completely melted. Add butter mixture, flour mixture and egg to
melted cheese. Stir until batter is completely mixed using your hands or a
spatula to press and fold the cheese and the batter together. Reheat for 10
seconds in the microwave. Continue to press and fold until the dough is smooth.
6. Place dough
on a piece of parchment and cover with another piece the same size. Roll dough into
a 14”-16” square. Remove top parchment and cut large square into four equal
squares with a pizza slicer or sharp knife.
7. Fold all four
corners of each small square into its center creating a smaller square.
Rearrange on parchment 2-3” apart and place parchment on baking sheet pan.
8. Spoon a
generous amount of filling into the center of each danish. Bake for 10 minutes, rotating after 5 minutes.
9. Frosting: Soften
cream cheese in the microwave. Add powdered sweetener, heavy cream and vanilla.
Mix well with a whisk. Pipe or drizzle frosting onto each danish.
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