Blueberry Ginger Cheese Danish

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat oven to 400 F.
2. 2
   Remove pastry dough from freezer and allow to thaw for 40 minutes
3. 3
   Blueberry Filling
4. 4
   In a large bowl, combine the blueberries, cornstarch, lemon juice, lemon zest, water, crystallized ginger, and sugar and mix until well combined.
5. 5
   Cream Cheese
6. 6
   In a mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until whipped.
7. 7
   Add the vanilla and confectioners' sugar and beat until well blended.
8. 8
   Roll out the pastry dough on a piece of parchment into a 12' X 14' rectangle.
9. 9
   With a knife or pizza cutter, cut strips into the sides of the dough at least 3 inches long into the middle and 1-inch in width.
10. 10
    Spread the cream cheese evenly down the center of the braid.
11. 11
    Spoon the blueberry filling over the cream cheese.
12. 12
    Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the McCormick Good Morning Blueberry Ginger Breakfast Topper over the blueberry filling.
13. 13
    Beginning at one end, fold two opposite slices of dough in the form of a crisscross over each other and continue to the opposite end.
14. 14
    In a small bowl, beat egg and mix with water.
15. 15
    Using a pastry brush, coat the danish with the egg wash.
16. 16
    Sprinkle the remaining two tablespoons of the McCormick Good Morning Blueberry Ginger Breakfast Topper and the raw sugar along the top of the dough.
17. 17
    Place the danish and parchment on a baking sheet and put into the oven to bake for 20 minutes.