Recipe - Bear Claws

2 cup WATER
21 7/8 pound
5 EGGS SHELL
1 Three fourths ounce MILK; DRY NONFAT L HEAT
12 One half cup PIE FIL BLUEBERRY #10

PAN: 18 BY 26" SHEET PAN TEMPERATURE: 375F. OVEN

1. PREPARE 50 DANISH SQUARES IN A BATCH. THAW AT ROOM TEMPERATURE 5
MINUTES ON A LIGHTLY FLOURED BOARD. (NO ROLLING OUT IS NECESSARY).

2. PREPARE ONE RECIPE EGG WASH (RECIPE NO. D55). USE 1 One half CUPS EGG WASH
TO LIGHTLY BRUSH ENTIRE SURFACE OF DANISH SQUARES. SET ASIDE REMAINING 1
1/2
CUPS EGG WASH FOR USE IN STEP 5.

3. USE 12 One half CUPS PREPARED PIE FILLING. SPREAD 1 TBSP FILLING OVER HALF
OF
EACH SQUARE. FOLD IN HALF; SEAL EDGE BY PRESSING FIRMLY. MAKE 3 CUTS, 3/4
INCH IN DEPTH, ON THE 4 INCH SEALED SIDE OF EACH PIECE TO FORM A CLAW.

4. PLACE SQUARES ON GREASED SHEET PANS IN ROWS 4 BY 6. BEND INTO SLIGHT
HORSESHOE SHAPE. SPREAD CLAWS SLIGHTLY.

5. BRUSH LIGHTLY WITH REMAINING EGG WASH.

6. PROOF AT 90100F. FOR 3045 MINUTES OR UNTIL DOUBLE IN SIZE.

7. BAKE 1012 MINUTES IN 375F. OVEN OR UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN.

8. COOL, GLAZE, IF DESIRED, WITH VANILLA GLAZE OR VARIATIONS (RECIPE NO.
D46).
NOTE: 1. PIE FILLING, PREPARED, FRUIT (APPLE, BLUEBERRY, CHERRY, OR
PEACH)
MAY BE USED IN STEP 3. STRAWBERRY JAM (15 LB 6 OZ (6 2/3NO. 2 One half CN OR
82 LB JAR)) OR 16 LB 8 OZ (2NO.10 CN) BAKERY FILLING, RASPBERRY MAY ALSO
BE USED AS FILLING.

2. DOUGH BECOMED DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH IN AS LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES;
THEREFORE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO PREPARE IN BATCHES.
Recipe Number: D06101

SERVING SIZE: 2 BEAR CLA

From the Army Master Recipe Index File (actually used today!).
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