Indulge in flaky, buttery Cream Cheese Danish Pastries with your choice of filling options, like chocolate, nutella, fresh fruit, or lemon curd. Featuring store-bought puff pastry, this danish braid is secretly easy to make, yet so delicious everyone will think they came from a bakery!

Featured comment: This is the bomb! Thank you for sharing this recipe that combines cinnamon, nuts, flaky pastry, creamy filling into bliss!” – Tracey

These cinnamon danish pastries are the perfect easy weekend baking project. Continue to read on for expert tips and detailed step-by-step photos!

Update: This article was originally published in November 2014. I made updates to the post below to include more information about making a cheese cinnamon danish braid at home. Hi, friends! Today I’m sharing the most delicious way to start, or end(!), your day!
This cream cheese danish with puff pastry recipe is my version of something I (and possibly a lot of you) grew up eating. Do you remember those iconic blue and white boxes of glazed pastries" Whenever I see a stack of those infamous raspberry danish twists in the grocery store I swear I hear angels sing.
But, you know what’s so much better than those pastries in a box" The taste and smell of freshly baked homemade pastries! Homemade Danishes may seem intimidating at first glance, but trust me, this recipe is so simple even a beginner baker can master it in a flash!

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