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Protein Sparing Cherry Danish

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Go to Favorite Recipes Maria Emmerich
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Course Bread, Breakfast, Dairy Free, Dessert, Nut Free, Vegetarian
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 142.2

Ingredients
  

PASTRY:

  • 4 large eggs separated (reserving 1/2 of the yolks for filling)
  • 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  • 1/4 cup Natural Sweetener or 1 tsp stevia glycerite
  • 1 teaspoon cherry extract or other extract like lemon/strawberry/blueberry/almond
  • 3 tablespoons sour cream or coconut cream if dairy free
  • 1/4 cup strawberry egg white protein powder OR Vanilla Egg White Protein

FILLING:

  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened (or coconut cream if dairy allergy)
  • 2 large egg yolks reserved from above
  • 1/4 cup Natural Sweetener or 1/2 tsp stevia glycerite
  • 1 teaspoon cherry extract or other like lemon/strawberry/blueberry/almond/raspberry

DRIZZLE:

  • 1 ounce cream cheese softened, OR Kite Hill for dairy free
  • 1 tablespoon Natural Sweetener or a drop of stevia glycerite
  • 1/4 teaspoon cherry extract

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, 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.

Nutrition

Calories: 142.2 | Fat: 10.3g | Protein: 8.5g | Carbohydrates: 1.5g | Fiber: 0g | P:E Ratio: 0.7