This recipe for dairy-free Danish puffs is an entry in our Spring Fling Dairy-Free Recipe Contest, created and submitted by Pam Correll. To qualify, the recipe includes Coconut Milk Beverage by So Delicious Dairy Free.
For more details about the recipe contest, see this post: www.godairyfree.org/news/spring-fling-dairy-free-recipe-contest
Special Diet Notes & Options: Dairy-Free Danish Puffs
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, peanut-free, soy-free, and vegetarian.
For tree nut-free and dairy-free Danish puffs, use the Coconut Milk Beverage option, skip the almond topping, and look for a tree nut “safe” almond extract – interestingly enough, most of them are nut free!
Dairy-Free Danish Puff
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Author: Pam Correll
Serves: 2 puffs
Ingredients
For the crust:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup coconut oil, room temperature
- 2-4 tablespoons cold water
For the puff:
- ½ cup coconut oil
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 3 eggs
For the frosting:
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons So Delicious Dairy Free Original Coconut Milk Beverage or Almond Plus Protein Almond Milk
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
Additional:
- ½ cup chopped almonds
Instructions
To make the crust:
- Combine flour and salt in a large bowl. Cut in coconut oil using a pastry blender. Add 2 tablespoons cold water. Stir using a fork until dough forms a ball, using more water if necessary. Chill one hour. Divide dough in half. Press each half into a 12” X 3” rectangle on an ungreased cookie sheet.
To make the puff:
- In a 2 quart sauce pan, combine ½ cup coconut oil and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Quickly stir in 1 cup flour and 1 teaspoon almond extract. Stir in eggs and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth and glossy. Spread half of the topping over each rectangle of dough. Bake 45-50 minutes in a preheated 350° F oven, until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes.
To make the frosting:
- Combine melted coconut oil, powdered sugar, coconut (or almond) milk, and almond extract in a small bowl. Stir well to combine. Add more coconut (or almond) milk if necessary to make a spreadable frosting.
- Spread frosting over slightly warm Dairy-Free Danish Puff. Sprinkle with chopped almonds.
4 Comments
How would you make these egg free?
If I were trying to make it egg-free, I would probably test with aquafaba first. But I couldn’t guarantee the results without testing.
if you used aquaaba what consistency would use it at?
Since you are beating them in, I would try the aquafaba as is. If you opted to beat them until fluffy, then I would fold them into the mixture.