Danish Pastry

Ingredients

4 c flour
1 ts salt
1/4 c sugar
2 1/4 oz yeast cakes
1 c milk
1 egg
1 1/2 c butter
1 finger thickness
5 deep slashes in this side
1 teaspoon jelly in the center
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon sugar
1 table- spoon flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

extract and cool stirring occasionally. Almond Paste. Cream 1/2 cup butter, add 1/4 lb. ground, blanched almonds and 1/2 cup sugar and well until smooth. Another kind of almond paste without butter is made of: 1/4 ]b. almonds, 1/2 cup sugar and 3 egg whites. Work well together until smooth. From "Danish Cookery" by Suzanne, Andr. Fred. Host & Son, Copenhagen, 1957.