Easy Puff Pastry Cheese Danish

Servings:

These easy puff pastry cheese Danish make quick work of fruit Danish-inspired delights! Simply thaw the pastry, cut into serving pieces, then dress with a simple cream cheese mixture. Top with fruit preserves or lemon curd, and add fresh fruit on top. With cherry preserves, use fresh cherry halves as a garnish. For blueberry preserves, use fresh whole blueberries. Garnish lemon curd with thinly sliced lemon. Enjoy as a breakfast treat, or for a mid-morning coffee break.

Prep
14 min
Cook
37 min
Servings
Difficulty
Medium

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
  2. 2 Unfold thawed puff pastry on the prepared sheet pan and cut into 6 equal rectangles. Score each rectangle about 1/2-inch from edges on all four sides, being careful not to cut all the way through the pastry. Prick the pastry all over inside the score marks with a fork.
  3. 3 In a small bowl, stir together cream cheese, sugar, milk, and lemon zest until mixture is smooth and sugar has dissolved.
  4. 4 Divide cream cheese mixture evenly among puff pastry rectangles. Using a small offset spatula or a dinner knife, spread the cream cheese mixture over pastry up to the scored edge. Top each pastry with 1 tablespoon fruit preserves; garnish with fresh fruit.
  5. 5 Bake in the center of the preheated oven until the crust is flaky and lightly browned, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove to cool on a rack for about 10 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

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