Pecan Danish have a golden pastry filled with a homemade sweet pecan butter and topped with crunchy pecans. They are perfect for breakfast with a cup of coffee while you get ready to start your day.
Put cheese in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave one minute. Stir. Microwave 30 seconds. Stir. At this point, all the cheese should be melted. Microwave 30 more seconds until uniform and gloopy (it should look like cheese fondue at this point).
Alternatively, you can melt the cheese in a small saucepan over low heat.
Add the rest of the dough ingredients and the cheese to a food processor. Mix using the dough blade until a uniform color. If you do not have a food processor you can mix in a medium bowl with a wooden spoon but you may need to dump it onto wax paper and knead it by hand to thoroughly incorporate the ingredients. Once it is a uniform color wet your hands, divide the dough into 12 pieces, and press them out into 12 circles on a parchment lined baking sheet.
Put the ingredients for the pecan butter in the food processor and process until smooth. Divide between the circles of dough. Fold up two edges of each circle as shown in the photographs. Sprinkle with remaining chopped pecans.