Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish Recipe

Nancy Piran | The Bitter Side of Sweet

Making Strawberry Cream Cheese Danishes should probably be on your weekend agenda stat. They're so easy, and completely irresistible.

So you may be saying, didn’t you just post a lemon raspberry danish? And I am going to say yes, yes I did.

There is a reason I did these recipes back-to-back. Fresh berries are in season and I want to use as many of them as I can before they are all gone!

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What better way to use them then in breakfast pastries!

For the last two months I’ve spent a lot of time at my parents’ home, nursing my mother back to excellent health. While I was there, I made my family some danishes.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish Picture

I really love the lemon-flavored ones, but decided to give strawberry a chance.

The first time I made theses I just did a plain cream cheese and added fresh strawberries. The second time I made them I cooked some strawberries under the cream cheese.

This was the perfect way to make them. It gives you a more scrumptious bite every time!

Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish Image

Making the pastry is pretty simple. Your puff pastry needs to be thawed. It only needs to be at room temperature for about twenty minutes.

This is easily done while you heat your oven and make your filling. Each puff pastry sheet will be cut into four large squares so you will have eight pastries in total.

You can absolutely make your squares smaller, which I did lots of times!

For the filling you only need two ingredients; the cream cheese and sugar. I do recommend that your cream cheese be at room temperature. It really helps with whipping in the sugar.

Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish Pic

Also, try not to add more than two tablespoons to the tops of your danishes. It will start to overflow during the cooking process.

Lastly do not skip the egg wash! It helps keep the pastry in place because it will rise a lot while cooking, but will deflate when cooling off.

The egg wash also makes it have that lovely golden-brown coloring to these strawberry cream cheese danishes!

For more strawberry recipes try this strawberry sour cream pound cake and this easy strawberry crisp!

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish Recipe

    8 Servings

Ingredients

  • 2 sheets Puff Pastry, thawed
  • 8 ounces Cream Cheese, softened
  • 4 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
  • 8 ounces Fresh Strawberries
  • Egg Wash

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. In mixing bowl add cream cheese and sugar. Beat on medium high until creamy.
  3. Cut each pastry sheet into 4 squares. Lay on baking sheet. Fold the corners toward the center. Press down on the edges of the corners. Brush each corner with egg wash.
  4. Place 3 sliced strawberries in center of each pastry.
  5. Top strawberries with 2 tablespoons of cream cheese to the center of each pastry. Brush the remaining uncovered pastry with egg wash.
  6. Bake for 15-18 minutes or until slightly golden brown.
  7. Allow to cool for 5 minutes.
  8. Top with fresh strawberries. Serve and ENJOY!

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Author: Nancy Piran
Recipe Yields: 8 danishes
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 danish
Servings Per Recipe 8

Amount Per Serving
Calories from Fat 200
Calories 356

% Daily Value*
38%
Total Fat 25g
68%
  Saturated Fat 14g
4%
Sodium 84mg
9%
Total Carbohydrate 28g
2%
  Dietary Fiber 2g
  Sugars 3g
13%
Protein 7g

* Percent Daily Value are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrition Facts are estimated based on ingredients and data provided by Fat Secret. Please consult a doctor if you have special dietary needs.
Nancy Piran

About Nancy

Nancy has been writing about good food on The Bitter Side of Sweet for years now. We're pretty stoked that she's our Puff Pastry fanatic, because it's about to get deliciously epic.

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