Danish Pastry with Apple Filling – Braided Coffee Cake

Ingredients

• Danish Dough
• Flour - 700 grams (25 oz)
• Sugar - 80 grams (3 oz)
• Instant dry yeast-10 grams (2 teaspoons)
• Salt - 10 grams (2 teaspoons)
• Butter - 60 grams (2 oz)
• Eggs - 2 each
• Milk - 350 ml (12 fl oz)
• Butter to roll in- 500 grams (18 oz)
• Apple Filling
• Apples- 3 kg (15 apples, 6.5 pounds)
• Butter- 180 grams (6 oz)
• Sugar- 200 grams (7 oz)
• Ground cinnamon- ½ teaspoon
• Raisins- 100 grams (3.5 oz)
• Salt- ½ teaspoon
• Lemon juice- 10 ml (2 teaspoons)
• Apricot Glaze
• Apricot jam- 70 grams (3.5 oz)
• Water- 30 ml (1 fl oz)