Description
Enjoy this Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish featuring layers of flaky puff pastry, creamy filling, and sweet strawberry jam. Perfect for breakfast or a delightful treat!
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 17.3 oz. box puff pastry dough, (2 sheets), thawed but refrigerated
- ½ cup strawberry jam, other flavors also work
- 1 tsp orange or lemon zest, (optional)
- 1 tbsp milk, any type works
- 1 tbsp turbinado sugar, or use granulated sugar
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375℉ and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese and powdered sugar with a mixer until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Unfold the puff pastry sheets on the baking sheet, keeping the middle section intact for the filling.
- Cut 1-inch strips on both sides of the pastry sheet, leaving the middle connected at the fold.
- Spread the cream cheese filling smoothly over the center section of both pastry sheets.
- Mix the strawberry jam with orange or lemon zest and spread about ¼ cup on top of the cream cheese filling for each pastry.
- Fold the outer slits over the filling, creating a braided pattern with a slight downward angle.
- Brush the tops of the Danishes with milk, wetting the visible braiding.
- Sprinkle turbinado sugar on top.
- Bake the pastries for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on top.
- Cool for 15 minutes, then prepare the glaze by mixing powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until pourable.
- Pour the glaze over the cooled pastries, let it set, slice, and serve.
Notes
Use any fruit jam you prefer for a different flavor.
Ensure your puff pastry is refrigerated until you’re ready to use it for best results.
Serve warm for a delightful treat. Or enjoy it at room temperature.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Danish
- Calories: 275
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 33g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg