When I was little, my dear great Auntie Alice made Danish when she would visit (she was French Canadian, but she made Danish!). For her pastries, instead of cutting into individual pieces and then shaping, she would roll out the dough into a rectangle, sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar, then roll it up into a log and slice into (about) 1/2-inch slices. She would let these rise (I don't remember for how long) covered with plastic wrap and then bake. THEY WERE DELICIOUS. And much less fussy than shaping and filling, and the flavor was quite delicate. I don't recall her using an egg-white wash, but the cinnamon-sugar would spread out lightly over the top of the pastry and make a thin, crunchy, sweet cap. The best! Of course, her recipe is long gone, but I'm going to try yours, finishing it as she did - wish me luck recapturing a part of my childhood!

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