Easy Puff Pastry Cheese Danish
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 6 tablespoons fruit preserves
- fresh fruit (optional)
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Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Unfold thawed puff pastry on the prepared sheet pan and cut into 6 equal rectangles. Score each rectangle about 1/2-inch from edges on all four sides, being careful not to cut all the way through the pastry. Prick the pastry all over inside the score marks with a fork.
- In a small bowl, stir together cream cheese, sugar, milk, and lemon zest until mixture is smooth and sugar has dissolved.
- Divide cream cheese mixture evenly among puff pastry rectangles. Using a small offset spatula or a dinner knife, spread the cream cheese mixture over pastry up to the scored edge. Top each pastry with 1 tablespoon fruit preserves; garnish with fresh fruit.
- Bake in the center of the preheated oven until the crust is flaky and lightly browned, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove to cool on a rack for about 10 minutes.
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