Cherry cream cheese danish

Cherry cream cheese danish is a crunchy, cheesy, and, delightful dessert from Denmark. This quick and easy to make dish can be enjoyed as a dessert, a snack, and breakfast too.

Course Dessert

Cuisine Danish

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings people

Calories 488kcal

Author Vandana Chauhan

Ingredients

Ingredients for cherry filling

1 cup fresh cherries pitted
1 tbsp corn starch
0.25 cup sugar adjust as per taste/ sweetness of cherries
1 tbsp lemon juice

Ingredients for cream cheese filling

1 cup cream cheese softened
0.5 cup powdered sugar
0.5 teaspoon vanilla extract

Other ingredients

6 puff pastry squares
1 tbsp granulated sugar

Instructions

Put all the ingredients of cherry filling in a pot. Mix and cook for around 8-10 minutes until the mixture thickens. Keep aside and let it reach room temperature.
In a bowl add cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix until the mixture becomes smooth.
Spread a baking paper on a baking tray and put the puff pastry squares on it.
Mark around 0.5-inch border around each square. Prick the center with a fork so that it rises lesser than the border.
Put around 1 tablespoon of cream cheese filling at the center. Top it with a tablespoon of cherry filling. Sprinkle some sugar on top.
Bake in a pre-heated oven at 200°C for 15-18 minutes or until the puffs pastry turns golden brown.

Notes

Instead of fresh cherries, canned cherries can be used too.
Ready-made cherry pie filling can also be used in the dish.
Sprinkling sugar before baking is optional but recommended.

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