Candy Cane Strawberry Cream Cheese Pastry
Family Treat - Candy Cane Strawberry Cream Cheese Pastry - Cute Snack & Breakfast Idea - Easy Festive Recipe - Mom's Noodle Nuggets
Equipment
- 1 Cookie Sheet
- 1 Candy Cane Cookie Cutter Large or Freehand with a Piece of Paper
- 2 Piping Bags or Ziplocks
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 8 Oz Cream Cheese Room Temperature
- 1 Sheet Puff Pastry Room Temperature
- 1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar
- 3 tbsp Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Can Strawberry Pie Filling
- Pinch Salt
- 1 Egg Well-Beaten For Egg Wash
- Flour For Dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 and line baking sheet 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 candy canes out of the sheet of puff pastry. Make sure you have an even number at the end. You should get about 4.-6
- Transfer half of the candy canes 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.
- Next, pipe cream cheese into the center of each candy cane. You'll want a generous amount but also make sure to leave room on the edges so the top layer of pastry can be glued on with the egg wash.
- With the pie filling, remove a few scoops of the jelly and make sure there are no strawberries in it and place them into a ziplock or piping bag for your drizzle at the end.
- Add a bit of the additional strawberry filling over top of the cream cheese mix. Again, making sure to leave room on the edges
- Place the other candy cane cutouts on top of the full candy canes and press the edges together tightly.
- Brush the tops with the rest of the egg wash and put in the oven.
- Cook for about 12-18 minutes or until slightly brown on top.
- Allow to cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes. Drizzle additional cream cheese and strawberry filling onto the top of the candy canes once cooled. (I'm the worst at piping so have fun with it!)
Notes
You'll probably have left over filling & cream cheese so I recommend checking out my Strawberry Nutella Christmas Tree Pastry and my Strawberry Cream Cheese Danishes to use up any extra!