These easy Strawberry Cream Cheese Danishes are delicious and simple to make. With only 4 ingredients and under 30 minutes you can have something sweet and special to share with your loved ones!
Cream cheese with strawberries on cute puff pastry hearts, make these to celebrate a special occasion or Valentine’s Day.
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Reasons to love these Strawberry Cream Cheese Danishes
- Quick and simple to make: With minimum ingredients, these can be ready in less than 30 minutes.
- Healthier than most sweet pastries you can buy: I use honey to sweeten, good quality cream cheese with only 2 ingredients and fruit. Most store-bought Danish pastries use sugar and chemical preservatives.
- Fun to make: You can get creative and use different cookie cutters and enjoy a variety of flavors such as blueberry or peach.
Served on Bamboo Bamboo’s Penguin Suction Plate.
Ingredients
- Puff pastry
- Cream cheese or mascarpone: Use a full fat cream. My favorite is Philadelphia cream cheese.
- Honey: Any type will work, or sub for maple syrup.
- Fresh strawberries: Cut them into thin slices and decorate. Frozen will not work!
- Milk: Used to brush the top of the pastries before baking.
Step by Step Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 F, according to puff pastry’s instructions.
- Roll out puff pastry and use a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut the pieces.
- Place a smaller sized heart shaped cookie cutter and press down gently to make an indentation to the pastry.
- In a bowl, mix the cream cheese with honey.
- Place the mixture into a piping bag or use a spoon to spread it to the inner heart.
- Top with strawberries.
- Brush some milk over the edges of the pastry.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Let them cool a bit and serve.
Cooking tips
- Do not overfill the pastries: Be very careful to put only a small amount of cream cheese filling or it will melt and drip out the sides. The amount in this recipe is ideal to fill 12 medium sized hearts.
- These Danishes can burn quickly after being “done”. Make sure to follow puff pastry’s instructions for baking time and keep an eye out not to burn them.
- Brush with milk: Make sure to brush the edges of the pastry with milk before baking. There is no need to use eggs, only milk is sufficient.
- Use cold cream cheese: Keep it in the fridge until ready to mix with honey and use. Some recipes also suggest that a little bit of flour is used in the cream cheese mixture to avoid it from dripping, however I find this not necessary. AS long as you do not overfill the Danishes you will be fine.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do cream cheese Danishes need to be refrigerated?
Yes. Once cooled, leftovers should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
What is Danish filling made of?
Store bought Danishes are made of cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla extract. My healthier homemade version uses only cream cheese, honey and fruit.
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Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish
These easy Strawberry Cheese Danishes are delicious and simple to make. With only 4 ingredients and under 30 minutes you can have something sweet and special to share with your loved ones.
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Servings: 12 Danishes
Calories: 266kcal
Equipment
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Baking sheet
- 1 Piping bag or ziploc bag
Ingredients
- 1 package puff pastry 375 g
- 16 g honey
- 110 g cream cheese or mascarpone
- 150 g strawberries fresh
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 F, according to puff pastry’s instructions.
- Rollout puff pastry and use a heart shaped cookie cutter to cut the pieces.
- Place a smaller sized heart shaped cookie cutter and press down gently to make an indentation to the pastry.
- In a bowl, mix the cream cheese with honey.
- Place the mixture into a piping bag or use a spoon to spread it to the inner heart.
- Top with strawberries.
- Brush some milk over the edges of the pastry.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Let them cool a bit and serve.
Notes
- Do not overfill the pastries! Be very careful to put only a small amount of cream cheese filling or it will melt and drip out the sides. The amount in this recipe is ideal to fill 12 medium sized hearts.
- These Danishes can burn quickly after being “done”. Make sure to follow puff pastry’s instructions for baking time and keep an eye out not to burn them.
- Brush with milk: Make sure to brush the edges of the pastry with milk before baking. There is no need to use eggs, only milk is sufficient.
- Use cold cream cheese: Keep it in the fridge until ready to mix with honey and use. Some recipes also suggest that a little bit of flour is used in the cream cheese mixture to avoid it from dripping, however I find this not necessary. As long as you do not overfill the Danishes the end result will be ok.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish
Amount per Serving
Calories
266
% Daily Value*
Fat
19
g
29
%
Saturated Fat
6
g
38
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
10
g
Cholesterol
9
mg
3
%
Sodium
131
mg
6
%
Potassium
57
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
21
g
7
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
3
g
3
%
Protein
4
g
8
%
Vitamin A
125
IU
3
%
Vitamin C
7
mg
8
%
Calcium
15
mg
2
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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