The Kitchn: How to make a cheese danish for a crowd
This filling is a cream cheese classic, but if you want something akin to the European bakery style, substitute half of the cream cheese for farmers cheese if you can find it. It's held together with an egg and just lightly sweetened with sugar.
How to create a decorative lattice top
This design is one that looks trickier than it is. You are cutting strips -- both to the right and to the left of a center panel, and then folding those strips back over the center at a slight angle, not quite overlapping. Follow the instructions and you will be fine. I would, however, very strongly recommend that you pull out a ruler to get the thickness and lengths of the strips measured to the same width and length so they all bake evenly. Trust me -- I say from experience that it's much easier to measure it in the first place and get it right than fix it later!
Cheese Danish
Makes 1 (13-by-4.5-inch) pastry
Equipment:
Measuring cups and spoons
Stand mixer with a dough hook
Instant-read thermometer
Rubber spatula
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