Easy Breakfast Cheese Danish
The Breakfast Cheese Danish is a delicious and easy-to-make pastry that combines creamy cream cheese and fruit filling in a flaky puff pastry. The perfect balance of flavors and textures, it's a perfect breakfast treat.
Servings: 18 pastries
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese Philadelphia is a recommended brand
- 2 large eggs separated
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 sheets of puff pastry thawed in the refrigerator
- 1.5 to 2 cups of fruit pie filling options: cherry, apple, blueberry, blackberry
- 4 to 6 thin slices of fresh pear optional
- Ground cinnamon to taste optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C) and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, mix the cream cheese and one egg with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the sugar and vanilla and mix well.
- On a piece of parchment paper, roll out one puff pastry sheet into a 10.5-inch square and cut it into nine 3.5-inch squares.
- Transfer the squares to a baking sheet, making sure to prick the center of each square several times with a fork, leaving about ½ inch of edges untouched.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the second egg and 1 tablespoon of water. Brush the mixture over each square using a pastry brush.
- Spread 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture on each square.
- Top each square with fruit pie filling or sliced pear and sprinkle cinnamon over the squares with sliced fruit.
- Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven and let cool on wire racks.
- Repeat steps 1 to 7 with the remaining puff pastry.