Lemon Cheesecake Danish
Cheesecake Danish is a pasty puff dessert that can be eaten for breakfast or as an evening treat. It’s filled with a sweet cheesecake filling that has hints of lemon flavor! This is such an easy recipe, it will be done under 30 minutes!
Ingredients
- 1 Large Egg
- 1 Egg yolk
- 8 oz Cream cheese Green Valley Lactose Cream Cheese
- 4 Tbsp Organic cane sugar
- 1/2 Lemon, lemon juice
- 1/2 lemon zest
- 1 Tsp Vanilla extract
- 17.3 Oz Box frozen puff pastry sheets Thawed over night in fridge
- 1/4 cup Powder sugar
- 1/4 cup Coarse sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Beat the whole egg with about 1 tbsp of water in a small bowl. Then Set aside. With the second egg, separate egg white from egg yolk.
- In a medium bowl mix together egg yolk, cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
- Lay out the sheets of the puff pastry and cut each into 4 squares.
- Fold the corners of the squares over by about 1 inch to make an octagon shape.
- Brush the pastry puff with the egg wash.
- Spoon the cream cheese mixture into the center of each puff pastry. (About 2 tablespoons). Sprinkle coarse sugar over pastry.
- Bake in the oven for about 18-20 minutes and golden brown all over.