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Cream Cheese Danish

Cream Cheese Danish

✓ Vegetarian✓ Nut-free
88% matchAmerican40 minEasy
Similar takeout~$4.25
Home, per plate$1.85

A rectangular golden, flaky laminated pastry with a raised border and a pale, creamy cheese filling pooled in the center suggests a cream cheese danish made from puff pastry.

Servings
4

Ingredients · tick what you already have

  • 1 sheet
  • 6 oz
  • ⅓ cup
  • 1
  • 1
  • 1 tsp
  • 2 tsp
  • to taste

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment. Let the puff pastry thaw until pliable but still cold.
  2. Beat the softened cream cheese with sugar, egg yolk, vanilla, lemon juice and a pinch of salt until smooth and fluffy.
  3. Unfold the puff pastry on a lightly floured surface and cut it into 4 equal rectangles. Place them on the baking sheet.
  4. Use a knife to score a border about 1/2 inch in from the edges of each rectangle, cutting only halfway through. Prick the center with a fork.
  5. Spoon the cream cheese filling into the center of each rectangle, keeping it inside the border.
  6. Beat the remaining egg with a splash of water and brush it over the borders.
  7. Bake 18 to 22 minutes until the pastry is deep golden and puffed and the filling is set with light browned spots. Cool 10 minutes before serving.
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