How to Make a Cheese Danish | Easy Cheese Danish Recipe with Puff Pastry
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In this episode of In the Kitchen with Matt, I will show you how to make a cheese danish. This easy cheese danish recipe is made with puff pastry. I love having puff pastry on hand in the freezer because there are so many awesome pastries that you can make with it. And I love a good pastry! This cheese danish is awesome because it is almost like have cheesecake in breakfast form, haha. And I love cheesecake. Danishes are one of my favorite things to eat for breakfast. If you want you can also add jam or jelly or preserves on top or fruit, powdered sugar, glaze, etc. If I can do it, you can do it. Let's get baking!
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Ingredients:
8 oz of softened room temp cream cheese (226g)
1/8 to 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract (1ml)
1 tsp. of citrus juice (orange, lemon, lime) (5ml)
2 to 4 tbsp. white granulated sugar (25 to 50g)
1 large egg yolk
2 puff pastry sheets (I get the pepperidge farms brand or use homemade which you can find here
flour for dusting work surface
Cinnamon and sugar mix (for dusting) or plain white granulated sugar
Egg wash
1 large egg
2 tsp. water
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How To Make Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish With Claire Saffitz | Dessert Person
How To Make Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish With Claire Saffitz | Dessert Person
A treat for me as a kid was walking from my house to the St. Louis Bread Company, a family-owned, fast-casual bakery and cafe (later sold and turned into the Panera chain), and buying a snack from the pastry case. I would often get one of their cherry or blueberry and cheese danishes. It felt like a very fancy treat then, and that’s still how danishes feel to me now. Watch and follow along as Claire Saffitz walks you through her Kouign-amann recipe and creates delicious Blueberry Cream Cheese Danishes.
Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 pound (454g) fresh or frozen blueberries
1/3 cup blueberry jam
1/4 cup sugar (1.8 oz / 50g)
Finely grated zest of 1 lemon1 dash of vanilla extract/paste
1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar
6 ounces (170g) full-fat cream cheese, preferably Philadelphia, at room temperature
1 large egg yolk (0.6 oz / 16g)
Kouign-amann dough (page 257) cut into 24 squares unbaked:
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon active dry yeast (0.11 oz/ 3g)
3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (14.6 oz / 423g), plus more for rolling out
3 tablespoons unsalted butter (1.5 oz / 43g), melted and cooled
1 1/2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt (0.16 oz / 5g)
1 1/4 cups sugar (8.8 oz / 250g)
12 ounces ( 340g) salted European-Style butter, cut into tablespoons, chilled
Butter and sugar for the muffin tins.
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Puff Pastry 4 Ways
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RECIPE:
Cream Cheese Filling
INGREDIENTS
1 8-ounce block cream cheese
¼ cup granulated sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
PREPARATION
In a medium bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
Strawberry Pastry Diamond
Makes 9 pastries
INGREDIENTS
1 sheet thawed puff pastry
5 strawberries, halved with stems removed
9 tablespoons Cream Cheese Filling, recipe above
powdered sugar
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cut the puff pastry into 9 equal squares.
Taking one of the squares, fold one of the edges to the opposite edge.
Leaving a ½ centimeter border, cut about ¾ of the way from the bottom of the triangle to the tip on both sides, making sure the cuts do not touch.
Unfold the square.
Taking the top flap, fold it towards the 2 cuts near the bottom.
Take the bottom flap and fold it towards the top edge.
Place about a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling in the middle, then place a strawberry half on top.
Repeat with the remaining pastry squares.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until pastry is golden brown and puffed.
Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar!
Raspberry Pastry Flower
Makes 4 pastries
INGREDIENTS
1 sheet thawed puff pastry
20 raspberries
4 tablespoons Cream Cheese Filling, recipe above
Powdered sugar
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cut the puff pastry into 4 equal squares.
Leaving a ½ centimeter border, make 8 total cuts along the edges of the square, with each cut going about ⅓ of the way through the length of the edge. Make sure the cuts do not touch.
Place a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling in the middle of the square, then top with 4 raspberries.
Take one of the edge flaps and fold it towards the center, looping over the raspberry. Repeat with the other flaps. Place a raspberry in the center, on top of where all the flaps overlap.
Repeat with the remaining pastry squares.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until pastry is golden brown and puffed.
Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar!
Blueberry Pastry Pinwheel
Makes 9 pastries
INGREDIENTS
1 sheet thawed puff pastry
36 blueberries
9 tablespoons Cream Cheese Filling, recipe above
Powdered sugar
PREPARATION
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cut the puff pastry into 9 equal squares.
Make 4 cuts on each square, with each cut starting from the outside corners of the square and stopping just short of the center.
Take one of the flaps and fold it towards the center. Fold every other flap towards the center until you have created a pinwheel shape.
Place about a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling in the middle, then place 4 blueberries on top.
Repeat with the remaining pastry squares.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until pastry is golden brown and puffed.
Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar!
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EASY Cheese Danish Recipe
You will love this flaky and delicious homemade Cheese Danish recipe! It’s so easy to make with only a handful of simple ingredients. Flaky and buttery puff pastry folded around a simple cream cheese filling then topped with a drizzle of glaze, these cream cheese danishes are perfect for breakfast or a snack.
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