Cherry Cheese Danish Ring

Total Time: 10 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 9 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3/4 cup warm milk (105-115 degrees)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 (1/4 ounce) package active dry yeast
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1 cup butter, cut into 3/4 inch pieces
• 2 eggs
• 1 (7 1/2 ounce) package farmer cheese or 1 (7 1/2 ounce) package well-drained cottage cheese
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 egg yolks, divided
• 1 teaspoon grated lemon, zest of
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 cup canned cherry pie filling, mashed
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk

Recipe

• 1 dough:.
• 2 in measuring cup combine milk, sugar and yeast.
• 3 let stand until frothy, 5 minutes.
• 4 in large bowl combine flour, salt, and cardamom.
• 5 with pastry blender cut in better until well distributed with some 1/2" pieces remaining.
• 6 combine eggs with yeast mixture; stir into flour mixture until sticky dough forms.
• 7 cover; regrigerate until thoroughly chilled; at least 6 hrs or overnight.
• 8 turn dough out onto lightly floured surface.
• 9 roll out into 20x9" rectangle, re-flouring dough as needed.
• 10 with long side of dough facing you, fold short sides over in thirds.
• 11 wrap; chill 30 minutes.
• 12 unwrap dough; on lightly floured surface, with long side facing you, roll out dough into 20x9" rectangle.
• 13 repeat folding.
• 14 wrap; chill 30 minutes.
• 15 repeat rolling and folding two more times.
• 16 wrap and chill until ready to use, at least 45 minutes.
• 17 filling:.
• 18 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 19 combine cheese, sugar, flour, 1 yolk, zest, and nutmeg until smooth; set aside.
• 20 roll out dough into 24x9" rectangle.
• 21 spread cheese mixture down center of dough in 22x3" strip.
• 22 fold 1 long side of dough over filling; brush with water.
• 23 fold remaining dough over, gently pressing to attach.
• 24 line baking sheet with parchment paper.
• 25 shape roll, seam side down, into ring on baking sheet; press ends together to seal.
• 26 with scissors cut about 3/4" through outer edge every 1" all the way around to allow filling to peak through while it bakes.
• 27 using knife to help separate, twist each piece slightly to expose filling inside.
• 28 beat remaining yolk with 1 tbsp water; brush over ring.
• 29 bake 40 minutes until golden brown (cover edges with foil if browning too quickly).
• 30 remove from oven; spoon cherry filling over top of each cut.
• 31 bake until filling is hot, about 5 minutes.
• 32 cool on pan on rack 10 minutes.
• 33 remove from pan; cool completely on rack.
• 34 glaze:.
• 35 combine powdered sugar with milk and drizzle over ring.