Cheese Filling For Pastries

This pastry filling combines cream cheese with sour cream, butter, an egg yolk and brandy soaked raisins.

Step: 1

Sprinkle raisins with brandy and set aside.

Step: 2

In a bowl, cream together cream cheese and sugar. Beat in flour, sour cream, vanilla and butter. Beat in egg yolk. Fold in raisins. Chill until using.

Per Serving: 116 calories; protein 2g; carbohydrates 7g; fat 8.8g; cholesterol 39mg; sodium 70.8mg.

The quality of the flour can make a real difference to your bread. Different makers do vary. Extra-strong or Canadian flours, which are naturally higher in gluten, may give you a better rise than standard dough flours – especially if you’re making wholemeal bread , which doesn’t always getting bigger as well as clear bread.

To make this in a breadmaker , add all the menus to your breadmaker and follow the makers instructions.

A bread first rising can be done in the fridge 24 hours . This slows down the time it takes to rise to double its size, giving it a deeper flavour. It’s also a great limit , as you can work it night before , then clear it off the next day.