This Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish is flaky, buttery, and filled with rich, soft cream cheese and fresh, lightly sugared strawberries.Made with convenient puff pastry sheets, these pastries are easy to make but look and taste like something from a bakery.Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert, they’re fun to make and even more fun to eat.

Love fruit-filled pastries? Try my Cherry Cream Cheese Danish, too! Want to save this recipe?Just enter your email and get it sent to your inbox! Plus you’ll get new recipes from us every week!Email *Save Recipe Ingredients & Substitutions Puff Pastry: You will need two sheets of store-bought puff pastry, thawed according to package directions.You can use all-butter or regular puff pastry; both work beautifully.Or, make my homemade Puff Pastry.

Just leave out the cinnamon when making it for this recipe.Cream Cheese Filling: Combine softened cream cheese with sugar, vanilla extract, a pinch of kosher salt, and optional lemon zest until smooth.Softened cream cheese makes the filling creamy and rich, and full-fat works best, though reduced-fat is fine.

Strawberry Topping: Fresh, juicy strawberries tossed with sugar and cornstarch help thicken the topping and draw out the natural juices, keeping the pastries from getting soggy.Egg Wash: Brushing the edges of each pastry with egg wash gives a golden, shiny finish.Optional Toppings: Confectioners’ sugar for dusting, or a simple glaze made from confec

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