Holiday Strawberry Cream Cheese Mitten Danish
Family Treat - Holiday Strawberry Cream Cheese Mitten Danishes - Cute Snack & Breakfast Idea - Easy Festive Recipe - Mom's Noodle Nuggets
Equipment
- 2 Cookie Sheets
- Parchment Paper
- 1 Mixer
- Cookie Cutters
Ingredients
- 8 oz Softened Cream Cheese
- 2 Sheets Puff Pastry
- 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
- 3 tbsp Heavy Cream
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 Cup Strawberry Preserves
- Pinch Salt
- 1 Egg Well-beaten
- For Dusting, Flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Then, start on the filling. With the room temperature cream cheese, add it to a mixer and blend at medium speed for a few minutes until smooth.
- Next, add vanilla, salt, cream and powdered sugar. Mix for about 2 minutes on medium until smooth.
- Then, transfer to a piping bag or zip-lock and cut off the end for piping.
- Flatten out the puff pasty on a floured surface and roll out as needed.
- Cut out mittens out of both sheets of puff pastry. Make sure you have an even number at the end.
- For half of your mitten cut outs, cut out hearts. I free-handed this since I didn't have a heart the right size but cookie cutters are easiest.
- Transfer the mittens without hearts to the cookie sheet and brush the beaten egg on all the edges of the dough. This will act as glue for the top mitten.
- Place the mittens with their cutouts on top of the non-cut out pieces to create frames/borders
- Next, pipe cream cheese into the center of each heart. You'll want a generous amount.
- Finally, add a bit of preserves over top of the cream cheese mix.
- Brush the tops with the rest of the egg wash and put in the oven.
- Cook for about 18 minutes or until slightly brown on top.
- Allow to cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes. Store in airtight container for up to 3 days.