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SouthernLady_MarApr18

Puff Pastry Vanilla Cream Cheese Danish with Apricot Preserves

Makes 9
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Ingredients
  

  • ½ 17.3-ounce package frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 4 ounces cream cheese softened
  • 1 6-inch vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped and reserved
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ cup apricot preserves warmed

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 425°. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. On a lightly floured surface, gently unfold dough, and cut into 9 squares. Place squares on prepared pan.
  3. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, vanilla bean seeds, sugar, cornstarch, egg yolk, and salt with a mixer at medium speed until creamy. Spoon 1 tablespoon cream cheese mixture into center of each square. Fold corners of each square to center, encasing mixture.
  4. Bake for 10 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 400°, bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes more. Let cool on a wire rack. Spoon preserves over each Danish.
  5. Note: Scraped vanilla bean can be placed in a bowl of sugar for several days to render vanilla-flavored sugar to be used on other baked goods.