Simple Vegan Cheese Danish

This was absolutely fantastically magically delicious!!!! My husband...who is very critical of all of my vegan cooking (I call him the food nazi) raved about this one! He wants to have this as a permanent fixture on hand at all times :) He says it tastes like a carnival

This recipe could be tweaked a little to make it entirely vegan.
Firstly, 'white sugar', which is processed, granulated sugar, uses animal bones in the bleaching process. Raw cane sugar is healthier by far, as it has neither been processed nor does it contain animal products.

Secondly, margarine, though non-dairy, can still contain traces of animal products. To be on the safe side, use a butter substitute like Earth Balance, which comes in regular and soy-free versions.

This danish does look amazing, though, and using the above substitutes, I look entirely forward to making it~

Your croisant danish looks good. Here is my version.
Vegan Peach Nut Danish
Recipe is for 3 Danish; Double for 6 or More (Easy Simple Version)
Sept 8, 2011

Ingredients

1 ¼ C Flour
1.5 TBL Baking Powder
1 TBL Active Dry Yeast
1 TBL Nutritional Yeast
3/8 C Vegan Soft Margarine (Earth Balance/Subst light version)
1 TBL Cinnamon
1/8 C Tepid to Hot Water
3/8 C Soy/Almond Milk
1 tsp Salt
1 TBL Vanilla
1.5 TBL Raw Sugar

Peach Filling

¾ C Chopped Peaches Drained (Fresh/Canned)
1 TBL Raw Sugar
1 -2 tsp Cinnamon
1/8—1/4 C Chopped Nuts (Slivered Almonds/Cashews/Chopped Peanuts)

Directions

In small bowl, combine tepid water, yeast, sugar, vanilla and milk. Should foam, if doesn’t whisk ingredients and set aside. In large bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt. Pour wet ingredients into flour mixture. Mix w/kneading tool or by hand until dough forms a ball. 3-5 min. Refrigerate for 30 min. Remove from refrigerator and roll out to rectangular shape and spread cold soft margarine on dough, Fold in 3rds and refrigerator for 30 min. Remove from refrigerator, roll to rectangular shape 1/8-1/4 inch thick. Cut into shapes, top with peach mixture, fold and bake on sheet for 30 min at 350 degrees. Remove from baking sheet, let cool drizzle with vegan frosting or sprinkle with sugar.

This is a revised simple version of the Vegan Danish. The Vegan Danish is made with hard stick butter and is folded and refrigerated several times. My version is very tasty and simple to make, less time consuming and less calories. You can research online for the Vegan Danish (long and time consuming version for the real baker in you).

Some white sugar is perfectly vegan :) In the U.S., about half of the white sugar is made from sugar cane, and the other half is beet sugar. Beet sugar isn't charcoal processed, and is always vegan. White sugar made from sugar cane is charcoal processed, and may use animal bone charcoal. A list of some vegan sugars can be found here: http://veganbits.com/vegan-sugar/

If that list isn't authoritative enough for you, do some more googling ;)

I agree that Earth Balance or another butter substitute that specifically states that it is vegan is preferable, but I also assumed that was what the author meant when s/he said "margarine".

How many is this supposed to make, roughly? Looks good...