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Easy Cream Cheese and Fruit Pastries

March 16, 2022 By Elizabeth@ Pine Cones and Acorns 15 Comments

Cream cheese danish is the perfect breakfast treat for weekend breakfasts with family and friends. The good news is that you can make them at home instead of buying them from the bakery. This cream cheese and fruit pastry recipe is not only easy but it is delicious. 

4 cream cheese danish on a white serving platter

If you love danishes and pastries from the bakery then you will fall head over heals for these buttery, flakey, cream cheese and fruit pastries. This easy recipe is perfect for holidays and weekend brunches because it starts with store bought puff pasty dough which is filled with a cream cheese mixture and a little fruit, the bakes and voila, bakery pastries at home!

5 cream cheese and fruit danish on a platter

How to Make Easy Cream Cheese Pastry With Fruit

  • puff pastry
  • sugar
  • softened cream cheese
  • sour cream
  • vanilla extract
  • lemon juice
  • jelly or fresh fruit
  •  If you want your pastries to look a little fancier, similar to your favorite bakery,  you can add a drizzle of glaze and a few sliced almonds.

cream cheese danish on a white plate

 Cream Cheese and Fruit Pastries

Ingredients

1 sheet puff pastry, each box contains 2 sheets

4 ounces cream cheese softened

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 Tablespoon sour cream

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

3-5 tablespoons raspberry and blueberry jam(homemade or store bought)

1 egg plus a little water to make an egg wash

slivered almonds

For the icing

1 cup powdered sugar

1-2 tablespoons of milk

1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Remove the puff pastry from the box, (there are usually 2 sheets in each box). Unfold, let sit for 10 minutes. Once thawed cut into squares, 1 sheet will make 8 large pastries or 16 small. Score a square into each pastry, leaving about 1/2 around the edge. Do not cut all the way through the dough, the square in the middle will contain the filling and the 1/2 edge will puff up nice and crunchy.

Filling

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix the cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Then add the sour cream, vanilla, and lemon juice, mix well.

Put a teaspoon or tablespoon of cream cheese filling into the center of each pastry, a teaspoon if you are making smaller pastries(16) and a tablespoon if you are making the larger pastries(8). Try not to let the filling go past the square that you scored.  The amount of filling depends upon how many squares you cut. Then place a dollop of jelly into the center and swirl a bit. You could also use fresh fruit instead of jelly, simply add a few berries on top of the cream cheese mixture.

In a small bowl beat the egg and a little water to make an egg wash. Brush edges with egg wash and bake for 15-20 minutes or until edges become puffed and golden brown.

Remove pastries from the oven and let cool. In the meantime mix together the icing ingredients. Once pastries are cooled drizzle with icing and garnish with almonds.

cream cheese and fruit pastries

What do you think? Would you make Easy Cream Cheese and Fruit Pastries at home? Could these pastries get any easier?

If you are partial to cream cheese danish then skip the fruit, or if you do not like cream cheese then just add the jelly and maybe add a little fresh fruit on the top. Which ever way you choose to make them they are delicious.

Your friends and family will love waking up to the scent of these scrumptious danish. You could even treat them to breakfast in bed with danish and coffee.

cream cheese and fruit danish

Cream cheese danish

Have a great day friends! Thank you for spending part of your day with me!

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If you liked this recipe, you might enjoy Easy Almond and Chocolate Braids.

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You can find more easy and delicious recipes on my Pinterest boards.

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Comments

  1. Castles Crowns and Cottages says

    June 22, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    Good morning Elizabeth! It sounds like we had similar Fathers' Day experiences, except the only water I encountered was my hose as I did some early morning gardening! But a lazy day was had with Sylvia Plath's poetry in one hand and Victoria Magazine's French edition in the other! WOW, your baking skills are so impressive!

    Have another fine and relaxing summer day. Anita

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  2. William Kendall says

    June 22, 2015 at 4:55 pm

    It looks tasty!

    Reply
  3. Sandy at You May Be Wandering says

    June 23, 2015 at 1:58 am

    Every single thing you make looks SO good!!!!! Yum!! Hope you have an excellent week!! xoxo

    Reply
  4. therelishedroost says

    June 23, 2015 at 2:25 pm

    They look perfect with my coffee!

    Reply
  5. Madonna/aka/Ms Lemon of Make Mine Lemon says

    July 1, 2015 at 12:23 am

    I had to pin your recipe. I love all things easy.

    Reply
  6. Marigene says

    July 1, 2015 at 6:52 pm

    Yummy and so easy!

    Reply
  7. Unknown says

    January 6, 2016 at 2:28 am

    Ummmmm….simple and DELICIOUS! Thank You. You have a new follower.

    Reply
  8. LA CONTESSA says

    March 16, 2022 at 10:44 am

    LOOK DELICIOUS ! BUT once again I am GLUTEN FREE so NO TRY FOR ME!

    Reply
  9. Cindy says

    March 16, 2022 at 2:11 pm

    I had no idea these were this simple. I’m definitely going to try these.

    Thanks so much! Pinned!

    Reply
  10. William Kendall says

    March 16, 2022 at 7:36 pm

    I’ve had danishes like that.

    Reply
  11. Pat says

    March 18, 2022 at 2:06 pm

    These look delicious! Thanks for your recipes. Visiting from Friendship Friday

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      March 19, 2022 at 8:06 am

      Thank you Pat!

      Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      March 19, 2022 at 8:11 am

      Thank you Pat.

      Reply
  12. Kathy V says

    May 6, 2022 at 9:19 am

    I have a question for you. I want to make these delicious looking cream cheese danish. In one spot the recipe says it make 8 large or 16 small. In another spot it says 4 large or 8 small.
    Is the difference because one is for 1 sheet of dough and the other is using 2 sheets?
    Could you please clarify that for me? Thanks!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth says

      May 6, 2022 at 10:02 am

      Hello Kathy, sorry for the confusion. I fixed it. If you are making small pastries, 1 sheet will make 16 small pastries and 8 large.

      Reply

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