Cream Cheese Cherry Danish With Puff Pastry
Incredibly quick and easy cream cheese Cherry Danish made with puff pastry in just 20 minutes! Flaky, sweet, and SO delicious. Serve it for breakfast, snacks or dessert.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 453kcal
Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Kitchen knife
- Cooling rack
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 225 g cream cheese
- 410 g cherry pie filling , one can
- ½ cup icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg , for the egg wash
Instructions
- Prepare the cream cheese: In a small mixing bowl, mix together cream cheese, icing sugar and vanilla extract.
- Prepare the egg wash: whisk together an egg with a tablespoon of water.
- Preheat the oven to 180C/ 350F.
- Prepare the puff pastry: Cut the puff pastry sheet into 6 squares, then use a knife to make a ½” border around the edge of each of the puff pastry squares.
- Make four or five pricks inside the border of each square.
- Now, scoop 1-2 tablespoons of the cheese mixture and place it into the center of each pastry square.
- Top with 1-2 tablespoons of cherry pie filling, then brush edges with egg wash.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.
Notes
If puff pastry becomes too soft to work with, put it into the fridge for 10-15 minutes or until it firms up again. Soft puff pastry is super hard to work with.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 453kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 268mg | Potassium: 98mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 161IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 2mg