Easy Cheese Danish Recipe

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These cream cheese pastries are baked to flaky perfection and made to shine with a simple egg wash gloss. They taste just as decadent as any breakfast sensation you’d find in a bakery or coffee shop.—Carole Sepstead, Grafton, Wisconsin

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Easy Cheese Danish Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 18 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 package (17.3 ounces) frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 egg
1 tablespoon water

Directions

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add the egg yolks, lemon peel, vanilla and salt; beat on low speed until blended.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out each sheet of puff pastry into a 12-in. square. Cut each into nine squares. Spoon 2-1/2 teaspoons of cheese mixture into the center of each square.
Whisk egg and water; lightly brush over edges. Bring two opposite corners of pastry over filling; pinch to seal. Place on a greased baking sheet; brush with remaining egg mixture. Bake at 400° for 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 danish equals 202 calories, 12 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 48 mg cholesterol, 165 mg sodium, 19 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Easy Cheese Danish in Taste of Home Christmas Annual Annual 2010, p77

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Reviewed on Apr. 06, 2012 by Frisian_girl

Brought these to our annual Easter Family Brunch and everyone loved them! People kept talking about these and couldn't believe they were homemade. You will not regret making these. I hope to make them often. Thanks so much for this recipe.