Easiest Cheese Danish

Name: Easiest Cheese Danish
Ingredients: 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature; 1/3 cup sugar; 2 extra-large egg yolks, room temperature; 2 tablespoons ricotta cheese; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (2 lemons); 1 (2 sheet) box frozen puff pastry, defrosted; 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash

9 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1/3 cup sugar
2 extra-large egg yolks, room temperature
2 tablespoons ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
1 (2 sheet) box frozen puff pastry, defrosted
1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash

Directions

1

Add cream cheese & sugar in the bowl of electric mixer
2

Cream together on low until smooth.
3

With the mixer still on low, add egg yolks, ricotta, vanilla, salt, and lemon zest and mix until just combined. DO NOT WHIP.
4

Unfold 1 sheet of puff pastry on a lightly floured board &roll it slightly with a floured rolling pin until it's a 10 by 10-inch square.
5

Cut the sheet into quarters with a sharp knife. Put 1 heaping tablespoon of cheese filling into the middle of each of the 4 squares.
6

Brush the border of each pastry with egg wash and fold 2 opposite corners to the center, brushing and overlapping the corners of each pastry so they firmly stick together.
7

Brush the top of the pastries with egg wash. Place the pastries on the prepared sheet pan.
8

Repeat with remaining puff pastry and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
9

Bake for about 20 minutes, turning pan once during baking, until puffed and brown. Serve warm.