Cream Cheese Filling for Puff Pastries listed below
Ingredients:
1 8-oz block cream cheese
¼ c granulated sugar
½ t vanilla extract
Directions:
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 T cream cheese filling, recipe above
powdered sugar
Directions:
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 toward the 2 cuts near the bottom.
Take the bottom flap and fold it toward 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 T cream cheese filling, recipe above
Powdered sugar
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 toward 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 T cream cheese filling, recipe above
Powdered sugar
Directions:
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 toward the center. Fold every other flap toward 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!
Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Pastry Bundle
Makes 2 pastries
Ingredients:
1 sheet thawed puff pastry
½ c chocolate chips
4 T cream cheese filling, recipe above
Powdered sugar
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Cut the puff pastry into 2 equal rectangles.
Make 6 cuts on each side of rectangle, with each cut starting from the inside third out to the of the rectangle, making an angled fringe on each side.
Place about 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese filling in the middle, then place ¼ cup of chocolate chips on top.
Take one of the fringes and fold it toward the center. Fold every other fringe toward the center until you have created a swaddled bundle shape. Repeat with the remaining pastry square.
Bake for 15–20 minutes until pastry is golden brown and puffed.
Serve with a sprinkle of powdered sugar!
