If you think that being on the keto diet means you will never have foods you previously enjoyed you would be wrong. Using a keto dough recipe (Fathead dough) you can enjoy this delicious Keto Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish Braid at a fraction of the carbs you would find in a traditional danish.
Growing up my family often would pick up an Entenmann’s Cheese Danish for Sunday’s and special occasions. It was a sweet treat that was enjoyed during family visits. This family tradition can continue on even though I am on a keto diet with this delicious cream cheese danish.
Fathead dough makes a great replacement for traditional high carb pastry dough. Its easy to make and can be used for a variety of recipes. This dough can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for 7 to 10 days. It can also be frozen too. Often I double the recipe and store some for future recipes.
A slice of a traditional high carb danish (1/8th of the Entenmann’s Raspberry Danish) has 29 net grams of carbs.
Keto Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish Braid
You can use homemade keto cranberry sauce or whole cranberries in this danish. You can also swap out the cranberry sauce for another type of sugarfree fruit topping if desired. More information about Fathead dough can be found here including information about storing premade dough in the refrigerator as well as storage in the freezer.
Ingredients to make Keto Cranberry Danish:
1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
2 ounces cream cheese
1 cup almond flour
1.5 teaspoon baking powder
1 egg
8 oz cream cheese
1 egg yolk
2 tablespoons heavy cream, half and half or unsweetened almond milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup Swerve or other no calorie sweetener
1/2 cup fresh cranberries
1/2 cup keto cranberry sauce
Optional: Swerve confectioners sugar
How to make Keto Cranberry Danish Braid:
Make the dough:
1. Place the mozzarella cheese and the cream cheese into a microwave safe bowl
2. Microwave the cheese 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each 30 seconds until melted
3. Mix in almond flour and baking powder
4. Add in egg
5. Mix until blended then knead until soft.
6. Place the dough between two pieces of parchment and roll out until about 1/4 inch thick. Shape into a rectangle. Cut diagonal strips in the dough lengthwise down each side of the dough. Do not cut through the center of the dough. Leave a strip 2 to 3 inches wide whole. This will be where the cream cheese filling and fruit will be placed.
7. Set aside and make the filling.
If you would like to see step by step pictures for making the dough then go to this post about fathead dough.
Make the filling:
1. In a bowl add the cream cheese, egg yolk, cream/milk, vanilla extract and Swerve. Blend with a mixer until smooth.
2. Set aside 1/4 of the cream cheese mixture. Spread the remaining cream cheese filling down the center of the dough.
Top with cranberry sauce and then take 1/2 cup of whole cranberries and sprinkle them down the middle.
Fold the dough strips toward the center and slightly overlap them. Fold the very top and bottom pieces over to keep all of the filling inside.
Bake the danish:
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool.
3. To the remaining cream cheese mix, stir in additional cream or almond milk, a teaspoon at a time, to thin the mixture out. Place the filling in a plastic bag. Cut the tip off and, gently squeezing the bag, drizzle it over the finished danish.
If desired sprinkle Swerve confectioners sugar over the danish. Cut into 8 to 10 slices.
Twist the bag to squeeze the filling into one of the bag corners. Cut off the pointed tip of the bag.
Gently squeezing the bag, drizzle it over the finished danish. If desired sprinkle Swerve confectioners sugar over the danish.
Cut into 8 to 10 pieces.
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Keto Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish Braid
Equipment
- baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
- 2 ounces cream cheese
- 1 cup almond flour
- 1.5 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 egg
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream half and half or unsweetened almond milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup Swerve or other no calorie sweetener
- 1/2 cup fresh cranberries
- 1/2 cup keto cranberry sauce
Instructions
Make the dough
- Place the mozzarella cheese and the cream cheese into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave the cheese 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each 30 seconds until melted.
- Mix in almond flour and baking powder. Add in egg. Mix until blended then knead until soft.
- Place the dough between two pieces of parchment and roll out until about 1/4 inch thick. Shape into a rectangle. Cut diagonal strips in the dough lengthwise down each side of the dough. Do not cut through the center of the dough. Leave a strip 2 to 3 inches wide whole. This will be where the cream cheese filling and fruit will be placed.7. Set aside and make the filling.
Make the filling:
- In a bowl add the cream cheese, egg yolk, cream/milk, vanilla extract and Swerve. Blend with a mixer until smooth.
- Set aside 1/4 of the cream cheese mixture. Spread the remaining cream cheese filling down the center of the dough.
- Top with cranberry sauce and then take 1/2 cup of whole cranberries and sprinkle them down the middle.
- Fold the dough strips toward the center and slightly overlap them. Fold the very top and bottom pieces over to keep all of the filling inside.
Bake the danish:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool.
- To the remaining cream cheese mix, stir in additional cream or almond milk, a teaspoon at a time, to thin the mixture out. Place the filling in a plastic bag. Cut the tip off and, gently squeezing the bag, drizzle it over the finished danish. If desired sprinkle Swerve confectioners sugar over the danish. Cut into 8 to 10 slices.
Notes
Nutrition
Cranberries are low in natural sugars which means they are low in carbs while having a variety of health benefits. You can easily swap out the cranberries for some other type of low carb fruit such as blueberries, raspberries or blackberries. Use a combination of no sugar added jam or a homemade fruit sauce with some whole berries to create the filling.
