Description
This Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish features a flaky puff pastry filled with creamy cheese and sweet strawberry jam, making it a perfect treat for breakfast or brunch. It’s easy to prepare and sure to impress your guests with its delightful flavor.
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 together until smooth using a hand electric mixer or stand mixer, about 1 minute.
- Unfold the puff pastry sheets and lay them out on the baking sheet. Keep the middle section intact for the filling and create slits on the outer sections.
- Cut 1-inch strips on both sides of the pastry sheet, leaving the middle section connected at the fold.
- Spread the cream cheese filling evenly over the center section of both pastry sheets.
- Mix the strawberry jam with orange or lemon zest (if using) and spread it over the cream cheese filling, using about ¼ cup for each pastry.
- Fold the top slits of each pastry over the filling in a crossing pattern, forming a braid with all slits.
- Brush the top of the Danish with milk to coat each braid strand.
- Sprinkle turbinado sugar over the top.
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown on top.
- Cool for 15 minutes before glazing.
- To prepare the glaze, mix powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until the desired consistency is reached.
- Pour the glaze over the cooled Danish, slice, and serve.
Notes
Feel free to experiment with different flavors of jam.
Ensure the cream cheese is well-softened for easy mixing.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Danish
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 15mg