Recipe Ms. Mofet's Cherry Cheese Danish

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Ms. Mofet's Cherry Cheese Danish

Servings: Serves: 18 Danish (Can half the recipe)

Cream cheese filling:

1 (8 oz. pkg.) cream cheese, softened
½ C. powdered sugar
½ tsp. vanilla extract or vanilla paste
1/8 tsp. Fresh Lemon zest
1/4 tsp. Fresh Lemon juice or to taste

Egg wash:

1 Egg
1 TBSP. cold water

Beat together and set aside.

Icing:

1 C. powdered sugar
1 TBSP. milk
1 tsp. lemon juice or to taste
½ tsp. vanilla extract

1 package (17.3 oz.) frozen puff pastry sheets (2 count)
1 (21 oz. can) Cherry Pie Filling

Remove pastry sheets from box and paper wrapper.
Allow to thaw 40 minutes.

Heat the oven to 400°F.

Cream cheese filling - In a bowl, combine softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, lemon zest and lemon juice.

On a lightly floured surface, roll out both sheets of thawed puff pastry to a 12 x 12 inch square.

Cut each sheet into 9 even squares. Then cut a shallow (DO NOT cut through) 1 inch border around each square.

Transfer each square to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or silicone mat and brush the edge border of each square with egg wash.

Place 1 heaping TBSP. of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each square.
Then place 1 TBSP. of the cherry pie filling on top.

Bake at 400°F for 15 minutes or until golden.

While Danish are baking combine powdered sugar, milk and lemon juice and set aside. This will be the glaze.

Place icing in a small plastic zip bag. Cut a very small amount off one tip of bag.

Once the pastries are cooled gently squeeze bag with icing to drizzle over each square.

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