This tasty dessert treat is whipped together so simply. The flaky pastry dough is filled with a deliciously sweet cheese filling. I usually make them in larger batches and make a bunch at one time. The danishes will disappear as quick as you can put them out, and your guests will have trouble believing you made them yourself at home.
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Easy-peasy Lemon-squeezy Cheese Danish
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
2 large egg yolks, room temperature
2 tablespoons ricotta cheese
1 teaspooon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 sheets puff pastry, defrosted
1 egg, beaten with 1 tablespoon water
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix together on low setting until smooth.
- With the mixer on low, add the egg yolks, ricotta, vanilla, salt, and lemon juice. Mix until combined (not whipped).
- Unfold one sheet of puff pastry onto a floured surface and roll with a rolling pin to form a 10×10 ich square. Cut the sheet into quarters with a sharp knife.
- Place a heaping tablespoon of cheese filling into the middle of each square. Brush the border with egg wash and fold a corner over to its opposite corner, forming a triangle.
- Brush the top of the pastries with egg wash. Place them on the prepared sheet pan, and repeat with the second sheet of puff pastry. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Bake the pastries until puffed and brown, about 20 minutes. Rotating the pan once.
you are seriously too good to be true! those look amazing!
These look and sound delicious. Can’t wait to try your recipe.