Puff Pastry Danishes – My Baking Habit

Use your favourite fruit preserves paired with a tangy cream cheese filling and flaky pastry to make these simple and scrumptious puff pastry danishes!

Breakfast is the very best meal of the day, proper?I imply…when else is it thought-about completely alright to have candy and savory issues all on the similar time? 

I really like a savory breakfast. Christmas breakfast casserole, eggs benedict, or biscuits with sausage gravy are all large winners for me. However I additionally love having one thing candy with them!

I don’t want a complete stack of buttermilk pancakes. However a cinnamon scone or blueberry biscuit will do the trick. So will one in all these puff pastry danishes.

Fast and straightforward cheese danishes made with puff pastry

I looooove a great cheese danish. If I’m at a espresso store and so they have danishes there, there’s an actual good probability I’m gonna deal with myself to at least one. 

However I didn’t actually assume to make them at residence till not too long ago. I don’t know why not, as a result of I take advantage of puff pastry all the time to make issues like puff pastry apple tart and cherry turnovers. So why not use it for a straightforward and delish danish?

These puff pastry danishes have a tangy cream cheese filling topped along with your favourite fruit preserves. They’re simple to assemble however look spectacular, so that they’re good for serving at a particular brunch.

And since you need to use any jam you want for the filling, you’ll be able to combine and match flavors so that everybody within the household will get one thing they may love!

What’s the distinction between puff pastry and danish pastry?

Puff pastry and conventional danish pastry are actually related. In truth, that’s why it’s so frequent for folk making danishes at residence to make use of pre-made puff pastry for a fast and straightforward model.

Each pastry doughs are laminated doughs, which means that layers of dough are repeatedly rolled and folded with layers of butter.

Puff pastry will get its rise and flaky layers from the steam that comes out of the butter when it’s baked. The ensuing pastry could be very crisp and buttery.

Danish pastry additionally consists of yeast, eggs, and sugar, giving it a softer texture when it’s baked. 

If you wish to strive making do-it-yourself danish pastry, you completely ought to! However in case you’re like me and don’t have time however nonetheless need to take pleasure in a plate of danishes for breakfast, puff pastry is a good shortcut.

The way to make these puff pastry danishes

These puff pastry danishes look stunning, however they’re actually easy to place collectively.

Ingredient you will have

For the danishes themselves, you will have:

• 8 ounces room-temperature cream cheese
• ¼ cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 sheets puff pastry, thawed in keeping with package deal instructions
• ⅓ cup Bonne Maman fruit preserves

Ensure that the cream cheese is at room temperature earlier than mixing the filling. In the event you overlook to set it out forward of time, take a look at my publish on the way to soften cream cheese shortly.

I like utilizing a good-quality jam on this recipe. Since there are just a few components, utilizing a pleasant jam actually makes a distinction. Bonne Maman is what I usually seize, however you need to use any model you want finest.

Additionally, you will want 1 egg for an egg wash.
I like to complete these puff pastry danishes with a easy glazemade with:

• ⅔ cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• ¼ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

In the event you’re out of powdered sugar, don’t panic! Be taught the way to make powdered sugar and save your self a visit to the shop.

Making these danishes

Begin by mixing collectively the cream cheese filling. Beat collectively the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla – you are able to do this by hand, however I favor to make use of a mixer to ensure it’s tremendous easy.

Now seize 1 sheet of the puff pastry. Go away the opposite sheet within the fridge till you’re able to work with it.

Unfold the pastry on a evenly floured floor. If the highest of your pastry is admittedly floury, brush a few of that off. In any other case it’ll be more durable to get the cream cheese filling unfold out later.

Use a pointy knife, pizza cutter, or dough blade to chop the pastry into 3 items alongside the fold marks. Then make 1 horizontal lower throughout the center of the sheet to make 6 equal-sized rectangles.

Transfer the rectangles to a lined baking sheet. Use a pointy paring knife to evenly rating a 1/2-inch border inside of every rectangle, ensuring to not lower during the pastry.

On every pastry piece, unfold 1 heaping tablespoon of the cream cheese combination within the middle, staying throughout the scored traces. Prime with 1 teaspoon of the jam, however don’t unfold the jam out.

Whisk the egg with 1 tablespoon of water. Brush the egg wash onto the border edges of every danish.

Bake at 400°F for 16-18 minutes, or till the puff pastry is puffed and golden brown and the undersides of the danishes are cooked by means of. While you pull the pastries from the oven, the facilities could also be puffed however will deflate a bit as they cool.

Repeat this course of with the second sheet of pastry.

As soon as the danishes have cooled, whisk collectively the glaze components and drizzle it over the pastries. The glaze will harden because it cools.

Make-ahead​

If you want, you’ll be able to put together the puff pastry danishes the night time earlier than you intend to bake them. Assemble them on the sheet pans, then cowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate. 

The following morning, bake and glaze the pastries as famous within the recipe.