Cream Cheese Danish Recipe (Homemade Viennoiserie)

These flaky and doughy cream cheese danishes taste like they came fresh out of the bakery. Learn how to make danish dough from scratch, homemade cream cheese filling, laminate dough, and create a perfect square butter block. If you're new to viennoiserie, this is a great first recipe to try!

Danish Dough ►
280 grams high-gluten flour (Bread flour)
8 grams salt
45 grams granulated sugar
5 grams dry instant yeast
60 grams egg yolks
60 grams whole milk
45 grams water (room temperature)
150 grams butter (for lamination - I like using Plugra or European butter)

Cream Cheese Filling ►
140 grams cream cheese
40 grams powdered sugar
60 grams heavy whipping cream

CHAPTERS ►
00:00 Intro
00:14 What is viennoiserie?
00:41 Making danish dough
02:14 The window test
02:40 Proofing the dough
03:10 The butter block
03:32 Perfect square edges
04:12 Cream cheese filling
05:02 Rolling the dough
05:54 The first book fold
07:07 Can I use pre-made puff pastry?
07:41 The second book fold
08:36 Rolling the danish
09:55 Cutting evenly-sized danishes
10:45 Proofing the danishes
11:03 Filling and baking
12:08 Adding fruit fillings
12:53 Common problems
13:41 Final touches and taste

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[madison]

My son turns 4 next Friday and I decided to make these instead of my usual homemade cinnamon rolls! I think they'll be a hit :) already got the ingredients too