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By Roxana Yawgel
Updated Apr 16, 2024
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Start the weekend on a sweet note. This easier-than-it-looks breakfast pastry is made with five simple ingredients.

Chocolate Chip Danish

  • Prep Time 10 min
  • Total 35 min
  • Ingredients 5
  • Servings 6
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven at 350°F. Line 17x12-inch cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper or silicone nonstick baking mat.
  • Step 
    2
    Unroll dough onto lined cookie sheet; press dough into about 16x10-inch rectangle. With sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut 1 1/2-inch-long slanted cuts 1 inch apart along both long sides of rectangle, leaving center of dough uncut. Make sure you have the same amount of cut strips on both sides.
  • Step 
    3
    In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread mixture on uncut center of dough. Sprinkle chocolate chips over cream cheese mixture.
  • Step 
    4
    Braid dough by crossing strips over filling, alternating from side to side. At end, trim off any overhanging dough.
  • Step 
    5
    Bake 20 to 22 minutes or just until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet to bread board, serving platter or cooling rack. Cut into slices to serve. Best served the same day.

Nutrition

320 Calories
19g Total Fat
4g Protein
32g Total Carbohydrate
16g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
320
Calories from Fat
170
Total Fat
19g
29%
Saturated Fat
10g
50%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
40mg
14%
Sodium
440mg
18%
Potassium
80mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
32g
11%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
16g
Protein
4g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
10%
10%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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