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Cherry danish drizzled with white icing on a cooling wired rack.
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Cherry Danish Recipe

Make flaky, sweet cherry Danishes the easy way! Made with puff pastry and topped with sweet cherries and icing, these are the most effortless Danishes you will ever make.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Cooling Time10 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American, Danish
Keyword: Cherry Danish
Servings: 12 pastries
Calories: 262kcal
Author: Erica Walker

Ingredients

  • 2 (8.8 ounce) frozen puff pastry sheets (thawed)
  • 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
  • 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
  • 1 egg (for egg wash)
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons whole milk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400℉.
    Unfold puff pastry sheets and cut each into 6 rectangles. You can achieve this by cutting along the seams and then cross-wise right through the middle.
    Rolled out, puff pastry sheet cut into six rectangles with a pizza slicer.
  • Prepare 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Divide the rectangle puff pastries between the 2 sheets and place in the refrigerator to allow them to become firm again.
    Baking sheet lined with parchment paper and six angled shaped puff pastry.
  • While pastry dough is cooling, use a mixing bowl and an electric mixer to mix together cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Set aside.
    Glass mixing bowl with whipped cream cheese and electric beaters resting in the bowl.
  • Remove pastries from the refrigerator and score around each pastry about 1/2-inch from the border, being careful to not slice all the way through the dough. Then use a fork for pierce holes inside of the scores.
    This will make it so the outer edges of the puff pastry will puff up and the center will stay flat and keep the filling in.
    Puff pastry rectangle scored around the edge with a knife and poked with a fork in the center.
  • Place about 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each pastry and smooth it out toward the scored edge. Be sure to stay inside the scoring lines.
    Puff pastry rectangles with cream cheese layer spread in the center.
  • Add 2 tablespoons of cherry pie filling over top of the cream cheese layer and smooth it over the top, again, staying inside of the inner scoring lines.
    Unbaked puff pastry rectangle with cream cheese, spread in the center and cherry pie filling in the center.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together egg and water to create an egg wash. Brush around the border of each pastry.
    Bake in the preheated oven for 16-18 minutes or until the pastries are puffy and golden brown. Remove from oven and allow pastries to cool for 5-10 minutes.
    Brushing egg wash onto outside edge of unbaked cherry danish.
  • While pastries are cooling, prepare the icing.
    Combine powdered sugar and milk until sugar is dissolved. Add more powdered sugar for a thicker icing or a little more milk for a thinner icing (only add 1/2 teaspoon at a time of milk).
    Glass mixing bowl with white icing and a spoon.
  • Drizzle icing over pastries and serve warm.
    Spoon drizzling white icing onto baked cherry danish.

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Nutrition

Calories: 262kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0.002g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 139mg | Potassium: 60mg | Fiber: 0.003g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 31IU | Vitamin C: 0.003mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 0.1mg