Strawberry Danish Hearts

Strawberry Danish Hearts are the right breakfast pastry for Valentine’s Day! Utilizing easy components like cream cheese and contemporary strawberries, you may bake strawberry cream cheese danishes with a flaky crust on this straightforward pastry recipe.

Need to win somebody’s affection? Feed them pastries.

Ideally home made pastries like these heart-shaped cheese danishes. This candy deal with tastes world’s higher than something retailer purchased, and also you received’t imagine how straightforward they’re to make!

Strawberry Danish is scrumptious in any form. I’ll by no means flip down a breakfast pastry that mixes juicy strawberries with tangy cream cheese. You possibly can even serve them as a Valentine’s Day dessert or any day to have fun that particular somebody.

By shaping the Strawberry Cheese Danish into hearts, we’re making them that a lot better. I really like this as a Valentines Day thought however nothing is stopping me from making Danish hearts all yr lengthy. A puff pastry coronary heart breakfast deal with makes any day really feel particular!

A number of extra causes I really like this Strawberry Cheese Danish recipe:

It’s made with thawed sheets of frozen puff pastry. Really easy and handy!
The strawberries deliver tons of pure sweetness to the danish, so that you don’t want so as to add a lot sugar.
From begin to end, this recipe takes simply half-hour to make!
The golden brown danishes look attractive on a breakfast plate!

After you discover ways to make strawberry danish at residence, it’s worthwhile to do this recipe for Cheese Blintzes with Strawberry Sauce subsequent. Give me all of the cheese and strawberry combos, please!

Ingredients for Strawberry Danish Hearts

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Right here’s what you’ll have to make Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish Hearts.

Cream cheese – Let it come to room temperature first.
Sugar
Vanilla extract – can substitute almond extract in the event you’d like.
Frozen puff pastry sheets- Thaw it within the fridge earlier than utilizing.
Strawberries – Sliced, with stems eliminated. I extremely suggest utilizing contemporary fruit over thawed since utilizing frozen strawberries might add further moisture even when thawed.
Egg
Turbinado sugar – Or “sugar within the uncooked”.
Powdered sugar – For dusting over the pastry hearts after baking.
I take advantage of this dusting wand. It’s good for small jobs like this.

Together with the components, you’ll additionally want a heart-shaped cookie cutter. I used one which’s about 3 inches tall which was good for 10 pastries.

Process steps for Strawberry Cream Cheese Hearts.

How do I make Coronary heart Form Strawberry Danish?

For the cream cheese filling beat collectively the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. You should use handheld beaters or a stand mixer for this step.

Now lay out two sheets of thawed puff pastry. Gently easy out any creases with a rolling pin. Use your coronary heart cookie cutter to punch out 10 hearts from the dough. Place hearts on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper

Spoon a small quantity of the cream cheese combination onto the middle of every coronary heart. Use the again of your spoon to form the cream cheese right into a small inside coronary heart. Attempt to go away an inch or so of pastry uncovered alongside the sides.

Place a strawberry slices over the cream cheese.

Brush the border of every coronary heart with the egg wash and sprinkle with Turbinado sugar earlier than baking till golden brown. Let the Strawberry Danish Hearts cool for a couple of minutes earlier than dusting with powdered sugar.

I like these home made cheese danishes greatest after they’re barely heat, however they style nice at room temperature, too. Both method, be certain to get pleasure from them the identical day they’re baked. They don’t retailer properly.

Continued Process steps for Strawberry Cream Cheese Hearts.

What’s puff pastry dough?

Puff pastry is a dough made with flour and butter. The dough is rolled into skinny sheets which are then folded on high of each other and frozen. The ensuing pastry baked to mild, flaky perfection that’s excellent when making a danish pastry.

Yow will discover it within the frozen part of the grocery retailer. Watch out to not use frozen pie crust, crescent dough or phyllo dough as an alternative. These are totally different components that received’t produce the identical outcomes as puff pastry.

Danish shaped into hearts with sweet cream cheese and topped with fresh strawberries.

Scrumptious Recipes for Breakfast

It’s straightforward to get caught in a breakfast rut. Including just a few extra easy breakfast recipes to your rotation may also help you escape of the routine and make mornings extra enjoyable!

Arrange a Breakfast Parfait Bar with yogurt, fruit and granola and let everybody layer their very own parfaits. Or plan forward and assemble this Blueberry Bagel Breakfast Bake Recipe the night time earlier than.

In the event you like make-ahead breakfast concepts, you’ll love this Baked Cinnamon French Toast for certain. French Toast Casserole is such successful with my household that I’ve made pumpkin, eggnog and even a baked caramel apple model through the years.

Searching for simpler pastry concepts to fulfill that morning candy tooth? These French Breakfast Puffs come collectively very quickly with a scrumptious cinnamon sugar coating! My Cranberry Macadamia Scones are one other favourite breakfast recipe with simply the correct quantity of sweetness.

Not into sweets within the morning? I’ve savory breakfast followers coated with this Denver Scrambled Breakfast Braid and this Spicy Ranch Bacon. And these Loaded Huevos Rancheros, are a scrumptious mouthful, too!

For the perfect of each worlds, strive making a batch of Cajun Candied Bacon. It’s salty, barely spicy, candy and irresistible for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Heart Danish with strawberries and cream cheese.

Strawberry Recipes

Strawberries add coloration, taste and sweetness to all types of dishes. I really like them in pastries like at the moment’s danish recipe and these Strawberry Cream Muffins. At the least every year, I make a batch of those Nutella Crepes and stuff loads of contemporary ripe strawberries inside!

On the lighter aspect of issues, I’ve a tremendous Strawberry Spinach Salad recipe with home made poppy seed dressing. Serve it as a aspect dish or add some grilled rooster to make it a meal.

In the summertime, cool off with an ice chilly Strawberry Mojito or a glass of Recent Strawberry Lemonade.

What number of of my strawberry recipes have you ever tried up to now?

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Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish in the shape of hearts.

Coronary heart-shaped strawberry danish served with a Valentine’s Day breakfast would be the key to unlocking anybody’s coronary heart. These scrumptious treats are a easy recipe and the right option to present how a lot you like them.

Created by: Lynne Feifer

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Directions

Preheat the oven to 400°F, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a big mixing bowl with a hand mixer, beat collectively the cream cheese, granulated sugar, and vanilla extract till easy.
Gently unfold the puff pastry sheets and roll out the creases with a rolling pin. With a coronary heart formed cookie cutter, punch out 10 hearts and place onto ready baking sheet.
Spoon a dollop of the cream cheese combination onto every pastry and unfold right into a smaller coronary heart form, leaving an area across the edges.
Place some sliced strawberries on high of the cream cheese.
Brush the sides of the pastry with among the crushed egg, and sprinkle with some Turbinado sugar. Bake for 15 – 18 minutes or till golden. Take away from oven and dirt with powdered sugar earlier than serving.

Notes

I extremely suggest utilizing contemporary strawberries over thawing frozen one as a result of the surplus moisture might affect the ultimate final result.

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