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So you like cheesecake? Puff pastry? Strawberries? This ones for you! Impress your guests with this super simple, but super delectable danish. You’ll be the MAN at any brunch party you bring these too. If you don’t eat them all first!
I ate like 6 of them the day I made them. Oops! Goodbye bikini dreams… HELLOOOO tasteful muumuu dress.
These are relatively simple to make, you could even make the filling a day ahead. For the puff pastry you just need to cut them into little rectangles and use a knife to score a frame. This helps the edges puff up in an orderly fashion. DO NOT cut all the way through.
Shove those babies in the oven after you add your filling and watch them rise.
Then eat them all yourself, or I guess you could share them. If you want…
Sweet Cheese Danish
Ingredients
DANISH
- 1 pkg puff pastry sheets Pepperidge Farm
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- ¼ cup confectioners sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- Pinch salt
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp water
- Jam Jelly or Compote for topping
QUICK ICING
- ⅓ cup confectioners sugar
- 2-3 tsp milk or water
Instructions
- Defrost pastry sheets.
- Preheat oven to 400º F.
- Line baking sheet with parchment.
- Mix cream cheese, egg yolk, salt, confectioners sugar, and vanilla till smooth.
- Cut puff pastry into 18 little rectangles.
- Lightly run knife ½ inch from edge to make a frame. Gently poke indents into middle of frame with a fork. Do not pierce through dough.
- Place a tbsp of filling in middle of pastry puff.
- Mix egg and water. Brush egg wash along exposed edges.
- Add fruit topping if desired.
- Bake 18 minutes or till pastry is puffed and golden.
- Let cool and drizzle with royal icing.
- Store in fridge.