Danish pastry

What country are you from?

Just looking at this pic makes me gain 5 pounds

Pastry is a lot of work, coffee cake is easy.

Recipe?

I prefer the Czech kolache. It's less sugary than a Danish.

R4 It's not like Mexican bread, it's more like softer less flakey croissant dough with the addition of eggs. Absolutely delicious and fattening, if I sometimes treat myself to one then I make sure to do an extra hour or two at the gym. My family used to stop and spend a night at Solvang, a Danish town about 30 miles from Santa Barbara when we drive from the Bay Area to SoCal.

^^^Don't mean R4 but OP

They're good when made fresh by someone who knows what they're doing. I still compare any danish I have to my grandmother's, and she died when I was 5. I'm guessing many people have only had the boring, dry danishes bought by the platter from a grocery store.

[quote]I'm guessing many people have only had the boring, dry danishes bought by the platter from a grocery store.

Unless you really like baking, which I don't, they aren't worth the trouble. Pop the dry grocery platter ones in the microwave for a few seconds and call it a day.

I do like baking and agree that danish pastry is too much work (and requires a level of skill that I don’t have).

Find a good French bakery that makes apricot danish. Absolute heaven.

Recipe?

I only want a gay recipe.

R5, there’s a wonderful cafe around the corner from the makes kolaches, both sweet and savory. They’re delicious.

^^^“...around the corner from me that makes...” ^^^

Crumb cake is better. And easier.

I've made them several times. Once from a Julia Child recipe and once from a recipe in The New York Times. Both recipes worked well, but they're a major pain in the ass to make. I made the dough the day before (it needs to chill for several hours or overnight) and then got up early the next day to make the Danish. The were delicious, but buying them from a bakery is easier. 😉

A Danish guy I knew said you could get them in Denmark and he believed they were not Danish in origin. His evidence was there were no fat people in Denmark.

In Denmark they're called Vienna Bread (wienerbrød) since they were brought there by Austrian bakers.

What do Danes eat for breakfast?

Are there fat people in Austria?

Oddly, the best I ever had were in Sweden, at a museum. Like most things, absolutely delicious when well made, but pretty bleh when mass produced and on a shelf in a grocery store.

R18

On regular weekdays, a baguette with various toppings (for example, jam and butter or Nutella), yogurt, or cereal. At least that's what my working class Danish relatives eat.