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Cream Cheese Danish

Cream Cheese Danish

Delicious Cream Cheese Danish make a great breakfast, brunch, or snack food! With a sweet, rich filling and a nice pastry crust, it’s not hard to see why they’re so popular. Making them at home makes them even better because you don’t have to make a trip out to the bakery.
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Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 14 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 230kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 puff pastry sheet
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp heavy cream
  • 1 egg plus 1 tbsp water
  • course sugar

Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1-2 tbsp milk

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Danish

  • 1/3 Cup Pumpkin
  • 2 Tbs Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla

Instructions

  • Allow frozen puff pastry to thaw on counter while you mix up the Cream Cheese Filling
  • In a bowl combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and heavy cream.
    Cream Cheese, Sugar, Heavy Cream and Vanilla
  • Using a hand mixer, combine ingredients. Set aside
  • Unfold puff pastry and cut into 4 squares and cut each square into 4 rectangles
    Using a knife, score the edges of each rectangle about 1/4in in. This helps allow the puff pastry to "puff" around the cream cheese filling.
    Cut Puff Pastry
  • Place 1 large teaspoon of cream cheese mixture to middle of danish
    Cream Cheese Mixture on Puff Pastry
  • In a small bowl combine egg with water and whisk
  • Brush egg mixture on puff pastry and sprinkle with coarse sugar
    Brush Egg mixture on puff pastry
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown

Pumpkin Mixture (Optional)

  • In a bowl combine Pumpkin, Sugar, Vanilla, and Cinnamon
    Pumpkin Mixture in bowl
  • Add 1 tsp on top of cream cheese mixture before baking
    Cream Cheese Danish with Pumpkin

How to Make the Glaze

  • In a small bowl cut butter into Powdered Sugar using a fork or pastry cutter
  • Add vanilla.
  • Add Milk a little at a time and mix. Add additional milk to reach the desired consistency to drizzle on warm Cream Cheese Danish
    Cream Cheese Danish

Notes

 Pumpkin Cream Cheese Danish:  Follow the above recipe and add 1 tsp Pumpkin mixture on top of cream cheese mixture before baking.
  • 1/3 Cup Pumpkin Puree
  • 2 Tbs Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla
Additional Add-ins
  • Pie Filling
  • Jam/Jelly

Nutrition

Calories: 230kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 97mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 487IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg