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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Scandinavian >> Danish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. | 2. To make the icing, combine Splenda, powdered sugar, and cornstarch in a small microwave-safe bowl. Add 1/2 tablespoons cold water and the vanilla extract, and mix until ingredients have dissolved. Add Marshmallow Creme and microwave for 5 seconds, or until creme is soft enough to fold into mixture. Stir until smooth. Add Cool Whip and stir again, until evenly combined. Refrigerate icing until you're ready to ice the Danish. | 3. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, oats, Splenda, soymilk (or skim milk), and almond extract, and stir until thoroughly mixed. Fold in cherries and set aside. This is your filling. | 4. Spray a large baking sheet with nonstick spray. Lay out your dough on the sheet and (using a rolling pin, a can, or your hands) lightly roll it out into a long rectangle of even thickness. Arrange baking sheet in front of you so that the short sides are on the left and right and the long sides are on the top and bottom. Spoon cherry filling lengthwise across the middle third of the dough, leaving 1-inch borders on the left and right of the filling. | 5. Along the top third of the dough, cut slits down from the top of the dough toward the filling, stopping about 1/2 inch away from the filling -- space slits about 1 inch apart from each other. Repeat on the bottom part of the rectangle, cutting upward toward the filling. This will create 1-inch-wide strips of dough on both the top and bottom of the filling. | 6. Starting at one side, alternate folding the 1-inch strips from the top and the bottom over the filling, covering filling completely and creating a criss-crossed, "braided" appearance. After all the strips have been folded, fold the short sides of the dough in toward the filling, so filling cannot escape, and pat firmly to seal. | 7. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, until pastry is crispy and golden brown. Allow to cool for at least 15 minutes. | 8. Just before serving, drizzle entire Danish with icing. Cut into 9 slices and indulge! (P.S. Refrigerate leftovers.). | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pillsbury crescent	1	package	refrigerated	-	-	-	-
cream cheese	4	ounces	fat free	334.53	3.969	8.0514	32.4324
dark cherry	1	cup	thawed sweet	-	-	-	-
oat	1/4	cup		57.81	15.5617	4.0655	1.652
splenda granular	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
vanilla soymilk	1	tablespoon		4.5562	0.6227	0.243	0.1245
almond extract	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
marshmallow creme	1	tablespoon		9.9375	2.5406	0.0562	0.0062
cool whip	1	tablespoon	thawed free	-	-	-	-
splenda granular	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	teaspoon	powdered	9.725	2.4942	0.0	0.0
cornstarch	1	teaspoon		10.16	2.4339	0.0069	0.0013
vanilla extract	1	drop		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.