Photo: Christmas Crescent Ring Recipe
Ingredients
Crescent Ring:
- 2 (8-ounce) containers refrigerated crescent roll dough
- 1 (7-ounce) container pure almond paste
- 1/4 cup seedless red raspberry jam or cherry jam
Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons water
- 1/4 teaspoon pure almond extract
- Sugar-dipped cherries and small pears, optional
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Line a heavy large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Unroll crescent dough; separate along dough perforations into 16 triangles. Overlap 8 dough triangles on prepared baking sheet, positioning longest points in center and forming a 10-inch-diameter dough disk. Press edges of triangles together to seal.
Using a rolling pin, roll out almond paste between 2 sheets of waxed paper into a 9-inch diameter disk. Place almond disc atop dough disk. Spread jam over almond paste . Using remaining 8 dough triangles, arrange second 10-inch diameter dough disk atop jam. Pinch edges of dough disks to seal. Tuck edges under. Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
While ring is baking, make glaze by stirring powdered sugar, water, and almond extract together in a medium bowl until smooth. Drizzle half of glaze over warm crescent. Let glaze set for 10 minutes and then drizzle remaining glaze over. Decorate with sugar-dipped cherries and small pears, if desired.
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By CARI801
on December 23, 2012
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I absolutly love this recipe, it is so easy and everybody who has tried it requests that I make it every year. It is now part of our Christmas Eve tradition. If you haven't tried it I highly suggest that you do,you have nothing to loose, and hopefully a delicious new tradition to gain =
By khs37_12046187
somerset, 78
on February 24, 2012
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this is a great recipe, easy and tasty! I also skipped rolling the almond paste due to time constraints, slicing it thin and placing it on dough worked well enough.
By BusyNJMom
on December 24, 2011
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I have been making this every Christmas for the last 5 years. I don't really care for almond paste, so I use cream cheese and cherry jelly and it comes out as a delicious cherry cheese danish. Plus, using the cream cheese makes it a bit less sweet. I prepare it the night before and just pop it in the oven Christmas morning. It's been a big hit for years and everybody now expects it as tradition.
It does get messy while baking as the jelly oozes out. I've found through trial and error that the best way to bake it is on a cookie sheet lined with a silicone mat.
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