Quick Cherry Cheese Danish with Puff Pastry
Make irresistible cherry cheese Danish. You'll never buy them from the store again, after seeing how easy these are to make.
Servings: 6 Danish
Ingredients
- 1 packing puff pastry
- 8 ounces softened cream cheese
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 can cherry pie filling
- 1 Tablespoon sugar (to sprinkle)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- Unroll the puffed pastry onto parchment paper.
- Roll pastry out slightly to flatten slightly (about 1 inch longer each direction)
- Cut the puff pastry into 6 equal size triangles.
- In a mixing bowl, mix together the cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla until well blended.
- Press an indent into each pastry using the back of a spoon.
- Spread about 1 Tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture into the middle of each puff pastry rectangle.
- Add about a Tablespoon of cherry pie filling on top of the cream cheese mixture on the puff pastry.
- Brush the edges of the puff pastry with water and sprinkle with white sugar.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown.
- Allow to cool before serving.