Protein Sparing CHERRY DANISH

I am blessed to live very close to a special river. If you know where I live you probably know which one I am talking about, but in order to keep my sanctuary quiet, I’m not going to say which one (please don’t be mad, I was the ONLY kayak on the river the day I took these photos!) A few years back on July 19th, it was Micah’s 2nd birthday. I had the opportunity to meet him in Ethiopia that May but the US Embassy wouldn’t let us bring him home. They told us it would only be 4 weeks until we could go back to Ethiopia to bring him and Kai back to the US, but it ended up being 6 months. During this waiting period, I grieved and worried about them daily. Missing Micah’s birthday was extremely hard to I decided to kayak the quiet river by myself and take a “personal day.”

Well, Mother Nature was not my friend that day and I should have listened to her when she spoke to me as I started my trek. As I put my boat in the water, her clouds “thundered” at me, but I’m German… yep, stubborn. I had a plan and I was sticking to it! Besides, I already had my bike at the end of the river so I could paddle to the end, leave my boat at the end of my trip, bike back to my car, put my bike on my car, drive to get the boat, then drive home… yes, it is a hard process to paddle by yourself! But I LOVE IT!

About 2 miles down the river I had some massive lightning strike and a downpour came. I tipped my kayak over which I have never done and lost my paddle down stream. What really was a hardship is my phone was soaked and no longer worked. So I decided to do what I had to do. I got on shore with my boat and walked through the woods in my bathing suit (I lost my cooler with my food and clothes). I didn’t really know anyone in the town I was close to except Lori, who owns a beautiful day spa. That meant a long trek through town in my bathing suit and a heavy kayak in the pouring rain!

I finally made it to Lori’s Spa… where everyone looked beautiful with their hair and makeup done while I walked in soaking wet covered in mosquito bites and cut up by buck-thorn. I didn’t really care at that point, I just wanted to get home:) Lori helped me out by getting her husband’s truck so she could help me get my kayak home too. But the fiasco didn’t stop there. The rain was fiercely coming down and as Lori turned on the windshield wipers, they DIDN’T WORK! Oh boy! I live way out in the country so we drove slow and used our hands to help her see. When we pulled into the driveway I was filled with relief! I will never forget Micah’s 2nd birthday adventure. The craziness sure helped me keep my mind off of my sadness! What a “personal day!”

Once I got home, I made a hot cup of tea and created a Protein Sparing Cherry Danish. Nothing cheers me up like cooking and baking!

If you are wanting to make this dairy free, I suggest also filling the baked Danish with my diary free custard for a Pure Protein and Fat Breakfast!

I added a little cherry extract to the custard!

Cherry Danish

Maria Emmerich

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Servings 6

Calories

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ PASTRY:
• ▢ 3 extra large eggs separated (reserving 1/2 of the yolks for filling)
• ▢ 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
• ▢ 1/4 cup Natural Sweetener or 1 tsp stevia glycerite
• ▢ 1 tsp cherry extract or other extract like lemon/strawberry/blueberry/almond
• ▢ 3 TBS sour cream or coconut cream if dairy free
• ▢ 1/4 cup strawberry egg white protein powder OR Vanilla Egg White Protein
• ▢ FILLING:
• ▢ 4 oz cream cheese softened (or coconut cream if dairy allergy)
• ▢ 1/2 of the egg yolks from above
• ▢ 1/4 cup Natural Sweetener or 1/2 tsp stevia glycerite
• ▢ 1 tsp cherry extract or other like lemon/strawberry/blueberry/almond/raspberry
• ▢ DRIZZLE:
• ▢ 1 oz cream cheese softened
• ▢ 1 TBS Natural Sweetener or a drop of stevia glycerite
• ▢ 1/4 tsp cherry extract or <g class="gr_ gr_181 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace" id="181" data-gr-id="181">other extract</g>

Instructions

 

• Pastry directions: Separate eggs, putting the whites in a large bowl and the yolks in a medium bowl. Take 1/2 yolk out and put it in a little dish to reserve for filling. With your electric beater, whip whites and cream of tartar until very stiff, then add the protein powder.
• Add sour cream, extract, natural sweetener to the yolks and beat well until smooth. Gently fold yolk mixture into the whites, using a big spatula<g class="gr_ gr_146 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Style replaceWithoutSep" id="146" data-gr-id="146">,being</g> careful to get it all blended well. Grease a cookie sheet and plop 6 equal mounds of batter to make 6 Danish.
• Make an indent on each mound and fill with filling.
• Filling: Soften cream cheese and add the 1/2 egg yolks, sweetener, extract, and flavoring.
• Fill pastries.
• Bake about 20-25 minutes at 300 until golden brown. Remove and allow to cool.
• To make the Drizzle: warm the cream cheese and stir in the natural sweetener and extract.
• Place the mixture into a piping bag (or a small ziplock after it has cooled a bit and cut a tiny hole cut into the corner) and drizzle over cooled Danish.

Notes

NUTRITIONAL COMPARSION (per serving)
Starbuck’s Danish = 420 calories, 25g fat, 7g protein, 39 carbs, 1g fiber
“Healthified” Danish = 145 calories, 11.7g fat, 9g protein, 1.2 carbs, 0 fiber

72.3% fat, 24.5% protein, 3.2% carbs

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