Danish Pastry (Wienerbrød)
Serves 12
Ingredients
Method
500 g. Flour
14 g. Active Dry Yeast
250 ml. Milk
1 Egg
50 g. Sugar
1 tsp. Salt
300 g. Butter, Cold
200 g. Custard Or Jam (For Filling)
In a large bowl, combine flour, yeast, sugar, and salt.
Warm the milk to about 30°C and add it to the flour mixture along with the egg. Mix until a dough forms.
Roll out the dough into a rectangle, then distribute slices of cold butter over 2/3 of the dough.
Fold the dough in three, turn it 90 degrees, and roll it out again. Repeat this process 3 times.
After the final fold, let the dough rest in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
Roll out the dough, cut it into desired shapes, and fill with custard or jam.
Let the pastries rise for about 30 minutes.
Bake at 200°C for about 15-20 minutes, or until golden brown.