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Raspberry Cheese Danish
Turn your kitchen into a five-star bakery with an amazingly flakey & sweet Raspberry Cheese Danish! They are simple to make and a total treat!
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings: 8 danishes
Calories: 351 kcal
Course:
Breakfast
Cuisine:
Austrian
Ingredients
- 6 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 8 ounces frozen puff pastry thawed (1 sheet)
- ¾ cup raspberry jam
Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3-4 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 360 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it aside.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla, and lemon zest until smooth. Set aside.
- Lay out the sheet of puff pastry on the prepared baking sheet. Cut the dough into 8 rectangular pieces.
- Brush each piece of pastry with a thin layer of raspberry jam. (This help keeps the pastry from getting too soft from the cream cheese.) Spread 1 tablespoon of sweetened cream cheese over each pastry piece. Then divide the remaining jam evenly between the pieces and spread it out over the cream cheese.
- Take opposite corners of one pastry piece and firmly pinch them together in the middle of the danish so they'll stay together while baking. Repeat with the remaining pastry.
- Beat the egg in a small bowl. Brush the egg wash over the outsides of each danish.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes o until golden brown and baked through.
- Remove the danishes from the oven and let cool completely.
- If you'd like to add some glaze on top of the danishes: Add the powdered sugar to a mixing bowl and 2 tablespoons of water. Add 1 teaspoon of water at a time, whisking as you go until the glaze reaches the desired consistency.
- Drizzle the glaze over the cooled danishes and enjoy!
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Notes
- Nutritional information is for the danishes only and does not include the glaze.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1danish
Calories
351kcal
(18%)
Carbohydrates
44g
(15%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
18g
(28%)
Saturated Fat
7g
(35%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
2g
Monounsaturated Fat
8g
Cholesterol
21mg
(7%)
Sodium
148mg
(6%)
Potassium
72mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
24g
(48%)
Vitamin A
286IU
(6%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
30mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8danishes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 351
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1danish | |
| Calories | 351kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 44g | 15% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 21mg | 7% |
| Sodium | 148mg | 6% |
| Potassium | 72mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 24g | 48% |
| Vitamin A | 286IU | 6% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 30mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.