Cherry Danish Recipe
This easy Cherry Danish is made from puff pastry dough filled with a sweetened cream cheese mixture and topped with cherry pie filling.
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp water
- 1 egg yolk
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 3 tbsp sugar plus some for dusting
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 (17.3 oz) package frozen puff pastry sheets thawed
- 1 can cherry pie filling optional
Instructions
- Prepare two baking sheets by lining them with parchment paper. Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Crack the whole egg into a small bowl. Add the water and beat together. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, add egg yolk, cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla. Mix the ingredients together using an electric mixer on medium high speed.
- On a clean surface, spread out both puff pastry sheets. Cut each sheet into 4 even squares. Make the squares into octagons by folding over each corner about 1 inch.
- Add a dollop of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each of the octagon shapes. (about 2 tbsp each). Keep the cream cheese in a dollop shape. Don't spread it out.
- Optional Cherry topping: Add cherry pie filling on top of the dollop of cream cheese.
- Dip a pastry brush into the egg/water mixture. Brush the top of the exposed puff pasty with the mixture. Add a dusting of sugar over the exposed pastry.
- Bake for 15-27 minutes until the pastry is an even golden brown. Cool and serve.
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Nutrition
Calories: 554kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 79mg | Sodium: 267mg | Potassium: 166mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 599IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 2mg