Best Danish Rolls Recipes

EASY CRESCENT DANISH ROLLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice; beat until smooth.
• Crescent Rolls: Unroll dough; separate dough into 8 rectangles; firmly press perforations to seal. Recipe Creations: Unroll dough; cut into 8 rectangles.
• Spread each rectangle with about 2 tablespoons cream cheese mixture. Roll up each, starting at longest side; firmly pinch edges and ends to seal. Gently stretch each roll to about 10 inches.
• On ungreased large cookie sheet, coil each roll into a spiral with seam on the inside, tucking end under. Make deep indentation in center of each roll; fill with 1/2 teaspoon preserves.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes or until deep golden brown. In small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm rolls.
• Bake-Off® Contest 26, 1975
• Barbara Gibson
• Ft. Wayne, Indiana

DANISH PASTRY CINNAMON ROLLS

Steps:

• Make the butter roll-in first.
• With a pastry blender or two knives (using two knives is actually easier) cut the flour and the 3 sticks of butter together until combined but do not let the butter become warm. The butter should never be allowed to become warm the entire to time you are working with this dough.
• Tear off a sheet of waxed paper and dump the butter on to it. Place another sheet of waxed paper on top.
• Beat the the butter between the two sheets of waxed paper with a rolling pin until it becomes malleable. Make sure it stays cold though.
• With a spatula, a knife or whatever, shape the mound of butter into an 7"x9" rectangle. It doesn't have to be perfect but try to get it into a rectangular shape as best you can.
• Set aside in a cool spot or place back in the refrigerator while you make the dough, but don't let the butter re-harden. You want the butter to be cold but still soft and pliable. If it's too hard it will break through the dough when you roll it out.
• For the dough combine the packages of yeast with the warm milk and let sit 5 minutes to soften.
• Mix in the salt, sugar, and eggs.
• Add the 3 1/4 cups flour all at once and stir until thoroughly combined. You should have a very soft and sticky dough.
• Chill dough in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes.
• If the block of butter is in the refrigerator remove it when you place the dough in there to chill. You don't want the butter to re-harden and it's best if the dough and the butter are approximately the same temperature.
• Sprinkle your work surface generously, and I do mean generously, with flour. I use a shaker to evenly distribute the flour and completely cover the area I'm going to be rolling the dough out on. A simple dusting won't do. You need a good thick layer of flour, maybe as much as a 1/16 to an 1/8 of an inch thick. Don't worry about using too much flour because any excess will be brushed away with your pastry brush.
• Roll dough out into a 11"x16" rectangle.
• With a pastry brush brush all the excess flour off the top of the dough. Excess flour will interfere with layer formation.
• Place the block of butter on one side of the dough leaving a small border around the edges.
• Fold the other half of the dough over and pinch the seams together slightly to seal to encase the block of butter. If dough sticks to the table when you try to fold it then simply brush it with flour. Don't worry if the dough doesn't look too pretty at this point. It will get better.
• Turn the dough 1/4 turn so the part of the folded dough that opens up is on your right(like a book). Brush away the excess flour that's on top of the dough.
• Roll the folded dough into an 8"x20" rectangle. When you roll out the dough you want to make sure you use even strokes and roll from one end to the other. Avoid quick back and forth movements with the rolling pin and do not roll over the edge of your dough. This will destroy the layers you're trying to make. If the butter breaks through the dough simply sprinkle a little bit of flour over the spot.
• Brush away all excess flour off the top of the dough.
• Fold 1/3 of the dough over and brush off the excess flour and then fold the other 1/3 of the dough over that so the dough resembles a business letter.
• Roll out the dough again and fold it in thirds like a business letter just like you did before.
• Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour. This completes the first two "turns". Each time you roll out the dough and fold it you are doing what's known as a turn. A turn gets its name because after you fold the dough you have to turn it a quarter turn when you go to roll it out again. Each time you roll out the dough you want to make sure that the part of the dough that opens up is always on the right (like the way a book opens). It can open on the left if you want but the important thing is to be consistent.
• Meanwhile, take your pastry brush and a sheet of paper and sweep up all the flour on your work surface so you can use it again. You'll find that very little of the flour you used to roll out the dough actually gets worked into the dough.
• After the dough has chilled, sprinkle your work surface with your recycled flour and place the dough on it.
• Roll out and fold the dough in thirds exactly as you did before. (turn #3).
• Chill dough for 1 more hour.
• Repeat this rolling and folding one more time (turn # 4). You should now have a dough with 162 flaky layers (2x3x3x3x3). You started with two layers of dough separated by a layer of butter. Each time you rolled the dough out and folded it in thirds you increased the number of layers by a factor of 3.
• Chill dough for at least 3 hours or overnight if preferred. At this point you have a basic Danish pastry dough.
• With a sharp serrated knife, cut the dough in half.
• Keep one half in the refrigerator while you work with the first half.
• Roll the half of dough into a 9"x16" rectangle.
• Sprinkle the top of the dough with the cinnamon topping which consists of 2 tablespoons of melted butter, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 teaspoons cinnamon, 2 tablespoons flour, and 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans.
• Roll dough into a tight 16" long log.
• Cut dough into 16 pieces. The easiest way to do this is to cut the log in half and then cut those halves in half and so forth. If dough is too soft to slice wrap it up and refrigerate it for an hour or place it in the freezer for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Place cinnamon rolls on ungreased baking sheets at least 3 inches apart so they have room to rise and expand.
• Repeat with the other half of the dough.
• Cover the trays of cinnamon rolls with towels and set aside to rise until the rolls are ALMOST doubled (about a 75% increase in size). Don't put them in a warm spot because you don't want the butter to melt. Rising time may take a few hours or more. After a couple hours the surface of the rolls may start to dry out, especially if the air is dry. If this happens, cover the tray of rolls with a damp paper towel and then put another towel on top of that.
• Brush rolls lightly with egg wash and bake in a preheated 400°F oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until they are golden brown. Be sure to watch them carefully so they don't burn. If rolls are browning too fast on top lower the oven temperature about 15 degrees. If you have thin or dark colored baking sheets you may want to double-pan them so the bottoms of the cinnamon rolls don't get too dark.
• Drizzle powdered sugar icing over the rolls while they are still warm.
• To make icing simply combine powdered sugar with a teaspoon or two of vanilla and enough milk so you can drizzle it. I usually use about 3/4 to 1 pound of powdered sugar. As far as the amount of milk goes, I just kind of eyeball it.

ORANGE DANISH CRESCENT ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Unroll and separate dough into 8 triangles.
• In a small bowl, heat cream cheese in microwave for 30 seconds to soften slightly. Stir in marmalade.
• Put a tablespoon of cream cheese mixture on each dough triangle. Spread evenly over the surface of the dough. Roll into a crescent shape and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake for 11-13 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Remove from baking sheet and allow to cool.
• Stir together powdered sugar and milk. Drizzle over cooled rolls and serve.

DANISH COFFEE/TEA ROLLS (BOLLER)

Steps:

• Stir the yeast into the lukewarm milk, make sure the yeast is fully disolved.
• Add egg and salt and stir well.
• Add flour a bit at a time; knead for a good 5 minutes until the dough is smooth and elastic, you may not need all the flour so 'go easy' on the flour towards the end.
• Let rise in bowl for 45 min or until double size.
• Prepare one baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
• Turn oven on to 350 F.
• punch dough down again and form into 15 round balls, size is similar to a golf ball - they will double in size.
• Let the rolls rise again for 20-30 min.
• Lightly beat last egg and brush rolls - this makes them nice and shiny.
• Place an ovenproof bowl filled with water in the bottom of your oven.
• Bake the rolls for 20-25 min until golden and firm to the touch.

SWEET ROLLS DIVINE (INTO CINNAMON ROLLS, OR DANISH

Steps:

• 1. Using Bread Machine, add all ingredients in order (or order suggested by your machine) and set on Dough Cycle. If you are one of those magical people that can do bread by hand, feel free to try it, but I can't help you there!
• 2. Grease 9" x 13", or slightly larger pan. When dough is finished, take out. For Cinnamon Rolls, roll into a rectangle on a lightly floured surface, and spread with butter, then sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon, leaving one edge clear to seal together when you roll it up. Roll up, seal edge (bit of water on finger can help) then slice into cinnamon rolls. For Danish like pull-aparts, simply divide dough into 12-16 pieces. Place in the greased pan, cover, and let rise 20-30 min. in a warm place.
• 3. Mix together cream cheese topping with an electric mixer. Once rolls have risen (either cinnamon or regular), top with cream cheese topping. For Danish pull apart rolls, plop the cream cheese topping in blobs all about, and then do the same using your favorite jam (raspberry is particularly good.) Sprinkle with sliced almonds.
• 4. Bake at 375 degrees F, for 15-20 minutes. I put an empty cookie sheet on the bottom oven rack to catch any drips from above. Note, if you do cinnamon rolls, they will have the "cream cheese frosting" already baked on (and it is tastier than frosting by most accounts!)

DANISH ROLLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F In small bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice; beat until smooth.
• Separate dough into 8 rectangles; firmly press perforations to seal. Spread each rectangle with about 2 tablespoons cream cheese mixture. Roll up each, starting at longest side; firmly pinch edges and ends to seal. Gently stretch each roll to about 10 inches.
• On ungreased large cookie sheet, coil each roll into a spiral with seam on the inside, tucking end under. Make deep indentation in center of each roll; fill with 1/2 teaspoon preserves.
• Bake at 350°F for 20 to 25 minutes or until deep golden brown. In small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over warm rolls.

DANISH ALMOND CREAM ROLLS

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350. In small bowl, beat cream cheese,1/2 tsp almond extract and 1/2 cup powdered sugar until fluffy. Stir in chopped almonds. Separate one can of dough into 4 rectangles; firmly press perforations to seal. Press or roll each to form 7x4 inch rectangle; spread each with about 2 tbsp of the cream cheese filling to within 1/4 inch of edges. Starting at longer side, roll up each rectangle,firmly pinching edges and ends to seal.
• 2. Gently stretch each roll to 10 inches. Coil each roll into a spiral with the seam on the inside,tucking ends under. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining can of dough and cream cheese filling.
• 3. In small bowl, combine egg white and water;brush over rolls. Sprinkle with sliced almonds.
• 4. Bake at 350 for 17 to 23 minutes or until deep golden brown. In small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency; drizzle over warm rolls. Serve warm.

DANISH CINNAMON ROLLS

Steps:

• Mix yeast with lukewarm milk, then add the rest of the ingredients. Mix/knead well until the dough is shiny and flexible (it should be fairly moist). Let it rise for about 30 minutes, or until doubled. Prepare the filling while you wait: mix the margarine, sugar, and cinnamon, and let it stand in the refrigerator until ready to use. After the dough has risen, knead it again and split it into 2 halves (unless you have a long work surface). Roll out each piece of dough into a rectangle no more than 1 cm thick and smooth half the filling over the dough. Roll the dough from the long side and cut every 2-4 cm, depending on how big you want each roll to be. Place the rolls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and let them rise another 30 minutes. Brush with egg if desired. Bake them in the oven at 375 degrees F for 15-20 minutes or golden brown.

DANISH ALMOND CREAM ROLLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. In small bowl, beat cream cheese, 1/2 teaspoon almond extract and 1/2 cup powdered sugar until fluffy. Stir in chopped almonds. Separate 1 can of dough into 4 rectangles firmly press perforations to seal. Press or roll each to form 7 x 4-inch rectangle spread each with about 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese filling to within 1/4 inch of edges. Starting at longer side, roll up each rectangle, firmly pinching edges and ends to seal. Gently stretch each roll to 10 inches. Coil each roll into a spiral with the seam on the inside, tucking ends under. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining can of dough and cream cheese filling.In small bowl, combine egg white and water brush over rolls. Sprinkle with sliced almonds.Bake at 350°F. for 17 to 23 minutes or until deep golden brown. In small bowl, blend all glaze ingredients, adding enough milk for desired drizzling consistency drizzle over warm rolls. Serve warm.Nutrition Per Serving (1 roll): Calories 410 Protein 8g Carbohydrate 42g Fat 24g Sodium 540mgFrom "Pillsbury Best of the Bake-Off® Cookbook." Copyright 2004 General Mills. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

AUNT RUTH'S DANISH NUT ROLLS

Steps:

• Sift flour with salt. Mix butter with flour and salt as for a pie crust.
• Add yeast into cup with luke warm water and sugar until completely dissolved.
• Add dry ingredients including eggs. Mix well with hands.
• Refrigerate overnight.
• Divide dough into 6 equal balls. Roll each out thin on floured board. Spread with melted butter before putting nuts on mixture.
• After adding nut filling. Roll up and seal ends. Brush top of rolls with egg yolk and 1 T. water. Bake at 350°for 30 to 35 minutes. Makes 6 rolls

DANISH CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Combine meats, egg, salt& pepper in a large bowl.
• Add milk and flour to make a stiff consistency.
• It should all come together in a ball.
• Cut around core of cabbage and soak in boiling water to loosen leaves.
• Remove leaves and fill each one with a spoonfull of meat mixture toward the core end.
• Fold this end over the meat and then fold in the sides and fasten with toothpicks.
• Place the cabbage rolls in a large pot, fold side down.
• Cover with water and boil on med.
• heat for 20 to 25 minutes.
• When cooked, drain liquid from the cabbage rolls into a large measuring cup and keep.
• SAUCE FOR CABBAGE ROLLS Melt 1/4 lb.
• margarine in a large pot.
• Add enough flour to the margarine, a little at a time, to make a crumbly texture.
• Add the cabbage water slowly, in small amounts, stirring constantly, the sauce will thicken and you continue adding cabbage water and stirring until you get a nice creamy sauce.
• Add salt& pepper to taste.
• Serve the warm cabbage rolls with a tureen of sauce to be ladled over them.