Apple Danish Braid - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup pecans, chopped
2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon maple syrup

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375\u00b0F.
In a bowl, combine cream cheese and powdered sugar until well blended. Add egg mixing until smooth.
Unroll 1 pkg. of crescent dough; do not separate.
Arrange longest sides of dough across width of 12\" x 15\" baking pan. Repeat with remaining pkg. of dough. Work dough to seal perforations. (or use recipe creations, which isn't scored).
On longest side of baking pan, cut dough into strips 1-1/2 inches apart, 3 inches deep using pizza cutter (there will be 6 inches in the center for the filling).
Spread half of cream cheese mixture evenly over middle of dough.
Cut apple slices crosswise in half; evenly arrange apple slices over cream cheese mixture.
Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over apples.
Scoop remaining cream cheese mixture over apples; sprinkle with pecans. To braid: lift strips of dough across mixture to meet in center, twisting each strip one turn.
Continue alternating strips to form a braid.
Tuck ends under to seal at end of braid.
Bake 25-28 minutes or until deep golden brown.
Remove from oven; brush with syrup using pastry brush. Cut & serve.