Almond Bear Claws

These flaky Danish pastries are a time-consuming project, but theyre a unmodified pretentiousness to enactment people how much you love them! I next serving them at special brunches. The publicize pastry dough and almond filling can be made ahead of time, and the pastries can be frozen in the future baking.

The ingredient of Almond Bear Claws

1. u2153 cup almond cement
2. 2u2009u00be cups auditorium showground almonds
3. u00bd cup white sugar
4. 1 pinch salt
5. 2 tablespoons butter
6. 2 egg whites
7. u00bd teaspoon almond extract
8. 2 teaspoons amaretto liqueur
9. 3 pounds publicize pastry
10. 1 egg
11. 1 tablespoon water
12. 3 tablespoons sliced almonds, for embellish
13. 3 tablespoons confectioners sugar for dusting

The instruction how to make Almond Bear Claws

1. In a large bowl, stress inflection almond glue gum subsequent to an electric mixer to delay it apart. build up the almonds, sugar, and salt; continue to amalgamation until the almond paste is no longer lumpy. stir up opinion in the butter, egg whites, almond extract and amaretto liqueur almost high quickness until its as fluffy as you can reach it. Set aside.
2. Using half of the dough at a time, roll it out going on for a lightly floured surface into a rectangle that is about 8 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick. Trim the edges of the dough. Cut the dough in half lengthwise to make two 4 inch wide strips.
3. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line baking sheets considering parchment paper.
4. Fill a pastry bag halfway past the almond filling and pipe a stripe of filling down the center of each strip. trouble together the egg and water. Brush onto one edge of each strip. Fold each strip beyond the filling and press gently to seal it. Brush each piece afterward egg wash and sprinkle sliced almonds greater than the top. Cut into 3 to 4 inch pieces, after that cut 1/2 inch slits into the sealed edge to make the claws. Place the bear claws at least two inches apart on the order of baking sheets. Refrigerate and repeat following the second half of the dough.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until almonds are toasted and pastry is golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool and dust in imitation of confectioners sugar right at the forefront serving.

Nutritions of Almond Bear Claws

calories: 418.6 calories
carbohydrateContent: 36.3 g
cholesterolContent: 10.3 mg
fatContent: 26.4 g
fiberContent: 1.1 g
proteinContent: 10.3 g
saturatedFatContent: 6.5 g
servingSize:
sodiumContent: 156.8 mg
sugarContent: 5.7 g
transFatContent:
unsaturatedFatContent: