Description
These Delicious Apple & Cheese Danishes are flaky, buttery, creamy, and filled with warm cinnamon apples for the perfect bakery-style treat at home. They are ideal for a quick breakfast, cozy brunch, easy dessert, holiday breakfast ideas, sweet snack cravings, or elegant food ideas for gatherings. The combination of crisp puff pastry, rich cream cheese filling, and caramelized apples creates an easy recipe that feels both comforting and impressive. Whether served fresh from the oven with coffee or enjoyed as an afternoon pastry, these homemade danishes deliver incredible flavor in every bite.
Ingredients
2 sheets puff pastry, thawed
2 medium apples, peeled and diced
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 egg
1 tbsp milk
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp milk for glaze
1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
2. Roll the puff pastry lightly on a floured surface and cut into evenly sized squares or circles.
3. In a skillet over medium heat, melt the butter and cook the diced apples with brown sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice, and salt until slightly softened.
4. Stir in the cornstarch and cook for another minute until the filling thickens slightly. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
5. In a bowl, beat the cream cheese, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, and milk until smooth and creamy.
6. Spoon the cream cheese filling into the center of each pastry piece.
7. Add a spoonful of the apple mixture over the cream cheese layer.
8. Fold or shape the pastry edges inward to create danish shapes.
9. Whisk the egg and brush it over the pastry edges for a golden finish.
10. Bake for 18 to 25 minutes until the pastry becomes puffed and golden brown.
11. Mix powdered sugar with milk to create a glaze and drizzle over slightly cooled danishes.
12. Serve warm and enjoy.
Notes
Keep the puff pastry cold while assembling to ensure flaky layers after baking.
Allow the apple filling to cool before placing it onto the pastry to prevent soggy dough.
For extra flavor, drizzle caramel sauce over the danishes before serving.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 danish
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 260mg
- Fat: 19g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 33g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
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