Easy Apple Cream Cheese Danishes
These easy apple cream cheese danishes are made with puff pastry. They come together quickly and will become a family favorite!
YOU’LL LOVE THIS EASY RECIPE
Grab a roll of puff pastry and just a few more ingredients, and make these easy apple cream cheese danishes. I love that they are simple enough to make for a quick breakfast but delicious enough to serve for a fancy brunch or gathering. Trust me, they are always a hit!
SWAPS
You can easily use different fruits and spices! They would be fabulous with cherries. Feel free to add walnuts or pecans if you like.
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Easy Apple Cream Cheese Danishes
These Easy Apple Cream Cheese Danishes are made with puff pastry. They come together so quick and are delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 roll of puff pastry dough room temperature
- 1 egg for egg wash
Cream Cheese Mixture
- 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Apple Mixture
- 4 large red or green apples peeled, cored and chopped into small bites
- ¾ cup of granulated sugar
- 1 ½ cups of water
- ¼ cup of cornstarch
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
For the Glaze
- 2 teaspoons of milk more if needed
- 2 cups of powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a saucepan on the stove, combine the water, sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon and lemon juice. Start on a low temperature and let it heat up gradually to a boil, stirring constantly. The sauce will thicken, it may take 6-8 minutes, do NOT stop stirring, it will stick.
- Once the sauce has thickened, add in the apples and turn down to a simmer and let it simmer for about 8 minutes or until the apples are soft.
- In a mixing bowl, using a mixer, beat together cream cheese ingredients until fluffy.
- Roll out the pastry dough and cut into 12 blocks. Place each block on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Place one tablespoon of apple mixture and one tablespoon of cream cheese to the center of each pastry. Take a knife and score the edge of each danish, about ½ inch from the edge. You don’t want to cut all the way through the dough, but enough to make an indention. Brush the edges with egg wash.
- Bake in preheated oven for 12-14 minutes. Combine glaze ingredients and drizzle over cooled danishes.
- Store any leftovers in an air-tight container at room temperature for three days.
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Can this be made with fresh peaches
Of course! If you look under “swaps” we state this can be made with different fruits and spices. You can use whatever you like. 🙂 Peaches would be great!