Danish Puff

• servings: 10 servings
• total time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened

2 tablespoons water

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup water

1 teaspoon almond extract

1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour

3 eggs

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

2 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 to 2 tablespoons warm water or milk

Chopped nuts

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F. Place 1 cup flour in medium bowl. Cut in 1/2 cup softened butter, using pastry blender (or pulling 2 table knives through ingredients in opposite directions), until particles are size of coarse crumbs. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons water over mixture; toss with fork.

Gather pastry into a ball; divide in half. Pat each half into 12x3-inch rectangle, about 3 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.

In 2-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup water to rolling boil; remove from heat. Quickly stir in almond extract and 1 cup flour. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat. Add eggs; beat until smooth. Spread half of the topping over each rectangle.

Bake about 1 hour or until topping is crisp and brown; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely.

In medium bowl, mix all glaze ingredients except nuts until smooth and spreadable. Spread over top of pastry; sprinkle with nuts.

Nutrition

• Calories: 380
• Total Fat: 4 1/2
• Saturated Fat: 14 g
• Trans Fat: 1 g
• Cholesterol: 120 mg
• Sodium: 170 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 38 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0 g
• Total Sugars: 18 g
• Protein: 5 g