Strawberry Danish

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Strawberry danish is a buttery and flaky Danish pastry made with frozen puff pastry, a creamy sweetened cream cheese filling and fresh strawberries, topped with strawberry jam.

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Add the cleaned and sliced strawberries, sugar and cornstarch to a mixing bowl. Mix all the ingredients to ensure all the strawberries are well coated. Allow the berries to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes.

Step 1:  

In another mixing bowl, mix the room temperature cream cheese until smooth. Mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla extract until smooth and well combined. Taste and adjust the flavor as needed.

Step 2:  

Unfold one sheet of puff pastry to form a square. Cut the puff pastry along the folded lines. Cut each of the long rectangles in half in the center to form two smaller rectangles of puff pastry.

Step 3:  

With a small pairing knife, score or gently cut into the dough, but not all the way through a boarder about ¼ inch from the edges of the puff pastry rectangle.

Step 4:  

Smooth 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of cream cheese filling into the center of the puff pastry. Stay inside the borders of the smaller rectangle. Decoratively layer the fresh strawberries on top of the cream cheese filling.  Lightly brush the edges of the puff pastry with the lightly beaten egg.

Step 5:  

Bake the strawberry cream cheese danish for 20 -25 minutes or until the pastries are a light golden brown color. Cool the strawberry danish on the hot baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool to room temperature.

Step 6:  

Top each strawberry danishes with warm strawberry jam, and with a dusting of powdered sugar. If you prefer a vanilla glaze, whisk powdered sugar with milk and vanilla extract until smooth and well combined. Drizzle on top of the cooled danishes and enjoy.

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