Easy Danish Recipe
This easy cherry danish recipe is a winner anytime of year because it’s made easy with the help of frozen puff pastry sheets and pie filling. We’re talking a total of just six ingredients – including the powdered sugar you see dusted on top of the danishes. (And if you prefer icing or a glaze to powdered sugar, I give instructions on that below.)
The danish recipe may look super complicated and fancy, but just follow my step by step instructions below and refer to the images in the post as well. It’s really very simple to do!
Ingredients Needed
You’ll only need six ingredients for this recipe and the majority are for the cream cheese filling:
puff pastry – this recipe calls for both sheets in one box of puff pastry. You can halve the recipe and use a single sheet.
cream cheese – use full fat cream cheese if you can
granulated sugar – just a bit to sweeten up the cream cheese filling
vanilla extract – another tasty option is to use Bourbon instead of vanilla
cherry pie filling – I give other options below if cherries aren’t your thing
powdered sugar for dusting – check out the glaze recipe below if you prefer that to powdered sugar
2 image collage with danish ingredients on left side and puff pastry cut out on right side
How To Make Cherry Cheese Danishes
Preheat oven to 400°. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat.
Lay out one roll of puff pastry and cut it in half and then in half again. Making 4 even squares.
Tip: Use a pizza cutter to cut into squares. If you don’t have one, use a small, sharp paring knife.
Leaving a ½ centimeter edge, start ½ centimeter in from the corner and cut parallel to one side not quite to the middle. Start from where you cut at the corner and make an L going down the other side but not all the way to the middle. Do this on each corner. (see photo for example). Repeat on all 4 squares using a very sharp paring knife to make the cuts.
Once you have made the cuts, transfer the pastry to the prepared baking sheet.
Mix cream cheese, sugar and Bourbon in a bowl. Put one scant teaspoon in the middle of each corner of the pastry.
Place one cherry and small amount of filling on each cream cheese corner.
Dip finger in water and dampen each corner to help them stick.
Fold each cut corner piece into the middle making sure to press slightly so it will hold. Put one cherry in the middle.
Repeat with second roll of pastry.
Bake on a silicone baking for 12 min.
Remove from oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Enjoy!
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