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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