½ teaspoon ground cardamom
2 tablespoons sugar
1 ounce cream cheese
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon orange juice
½ teaspoon orange zest
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 sheet frozen puff pastry
1 tablespoon melted butter
6 teaspoons apricot preserves
⅓ cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons whole milk
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With the rack in the middle position, preheat the June Oven to 400°F on the Bake setting using the button below.
Add the cardamom and sugar in a small bowl and mix to combine.
½ teaspoon ground cardamom
2 tablespoons sugar
measuring spoons
small bowl
spatula
Place the cream cheese, sugar, orange juice and orange zest in a small bowl and mix to combine.
1 ounce cream cheese
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon orange juice
½ teaspoon orange zest
small bowl
fork
Lightly dust a work surface with the flour on the work surface. Unfold the pastry sheet and brush the melted butter evenly over the sheet.
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 sheet frozen puff pastry
1 tablespoon melted butter
pastry brush
Sprinkle the pastry sheet with the cardamom-sugar mixture.
spoon
Cut the pastry sheet lengthwise into 6 strips.
pizza wheel
Working one at a time, tightly twist 1 pastry strip so the sugared side is facing out, then coil into a tight spiral. Tuck the loose pastry end under the spiral. If a neater presentation is desired, brush the end of the spiral with butter before tucking to help it adhere. Repeat with the remaining pastry strips.
Place the pastries on a parchment-lined June Pan. Use your thumb to make a divot in each pastry in the middle.
parchment paper
June Pan
Spoon 1 teaspoon of the sweetened cream cheese in the center of each pastry. Top each pastry with 1 teaspoon of preserves, if desired.
6 teaspoons apricot preserves
Place the danishes on the middle shelf of the June Oven and bake until golden brown and puffed. June will notify you when the pastries are ready.
Place the powdered sugar into a medium bowl. Add the milk 1 teaspoon at a time until the icing is smooth and pourable.
⅓ cup powdered sugar
2 teaspoons whole milk
medium bowl
Allow the danishes to cool on the June Roasting Rack set within a June Pan for 5 minutes. Drizzle the icing over the danishes.
June Roasting Rack
Serve warm or at room temperature.