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Cheese Danish on a serving tray.
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Cheese Danish Recipe

These cheese danishes are so perfectly sweet and flakey that you won't need to go to the bakery to satisfy your danish craving. Easily make these at home yourself!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Danish
Keyword cheese danish, cheese danish recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Calories 134kcal
Author Natalya Drozhzhin

Ingredients

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Instructions

  • In a medium size bowl, combine together cream cheese, sugar, egg yolk (leave egg whites aside), lemon juice, and vanilla extract. Beat together until perfectly smooth.
    Cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla extract in a bowl.
  • Roll out danish pastry. Cut it into 4 inch square pieces.
    Danish dough on a cutting board.
  • Brush the edges with egg whites, fold edges to the center. Brush the entire pastry with egg whites.
    Folded over edges of pastry on a baking sheet.
  • Scoop a spoonful of cream cheese filling in the center of pastry.
    Cheese danish on a baking sheet.
  • Place them on a lined baking sheet. Bake at 400°F for about 20 minutes or until outside is golden brown.
    Baked Cheese Danish on a baking sheet.

Nutrition

Calories: 134kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 97mg | Potassium: 48mg | Fiber: 0.01g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 411IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 0.1mg