Easy Cheese Danish

  4.8 – 170 reviews  • Cream Cheese Recipes
Level: Easy
Total: 35 min
Active: 15 min
Yield: 8 danish
Level: Easy
Total: 35 min
Active: 15 min
Yield: 8 danish

Ingredients

  1. 1 large egg plus 1 yolk
  2. 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
  3. 3 tablespoons sugar, plus more for dusting
  4. 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  5. 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  6. One 17.3-ounce box frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper.
  2. Beat the whole egg with 1 teaspoon of water in a small bowl; set aside.
  3. Beat the egg yolk, cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth.
  4. Lay out the 2 sheets of puff pastry and cut each into 4 squares. Fold the corners of the squares over by about 1 inch to make octagon shapes. Spoon the cream cheese mixture evenly into the center of each (about 2 tablespoons per); do not spread the cream cheese. Brush all of the exposed pastry with the egg wash, then dust generously with sugar.
  5. Bake until puffed and golden brown all over, about 18 minutes. Cool slightly before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 8 servings
Calories 462
Total Fat 34 g
Saturated Fat 12 g
Carbohydrates 34 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugar 6 g
Protein 7 g
Cholesterol 54 mg
Sodium 265 mg
Serving Size 1 of 8 servings
Calories 462
Total Fat 34 g
Saturated Fat 12 g
Carbohydrates 34 g
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Sugar 6 g
Protein 7 g
Cholesterol 54 mg
Sodium 265 mg

Reviews

Michael Wilson
These are sooooooo food!!!!! & easy, even I can do it. Ha!
Thomas Levine
your video didn’t show you using egg yolk in the filling. I used the egg yolk as per the ingredient instruction and the mixture wasn’t as thick as the video. was the yolk necessary?
William Rogers
I made this, and I LOVED it, the first time I made it I put the vanilla, and it was amazing! But, the next time I realized my vanilla had gone bad, so I made it without, IT WAS AMAZING, even better without vanilla, 10/10 recommend!
Jordan Farley
Absolutely delish and so easy to make the whole loved it I also added icing instead of the sugar and and strawberry jelly on the cheese very GOOD!!
Scott Greene
Fantastic!!!!!
Jennifer Ortiz
I added a little icing to my cheese danish
Gina Reid
This was great jk this sucked
Michael Sosa
Wow, these are amazing. I was so tired, so I wanted something easy and quick…but these surpassed my expectations! I’ll definitely be making these again.
Victor Russell
Love this recipe! We top with fresh berries with or without sugar stirred in. So yummy!
Tasha Johnson
Outstanding recipe! My wife really wants me to try this with raspberry jam, very excited! Thank you for the recipe & video!!

 

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