Well, this is the first lot of Danish pastry I'd ever made. I used the croissant dough that I had made from scratch (and completely by hand) a few days ago. Note: it does take a couple of days to make the croissant dough because you have to do about 3 turns for it, while relaxing the dough in between the turns.
Here's what I did with the prepared dough. First, I roll out the dough, and I egg-wash it before rolling it like a Swiss roll, then I slice it so that I get disc-like scrolls. Next, I proof the scrolls in a warm oven. After that, I put some canned peaches (which I had pat dry on a paper towel before using) on the scrolls. Finally, I egg-wash the scrolls and bake them. After they come out of the oven and are cool to touch, I brush on the glaze (= apricot jam + water, heated on the stove). These are basically the main steps for making Danishes.
I am so glad they turned out well.
Close-up of one of the Danishes. You can see the shiny apricot glaze on it.
Now, to find someone to help me eat the Danishes...
