These cream cheese Danish pastries are SO quick and easy to make, yet taste like they came from a fancy bakery! The filling options are limitless: try apple jam, raspberry preserves, chocolate, nutella, fresh fruit or lemon curd to name a few! But, fair warning – between the layers of flaky, buttery puff pastry, rich cream cheese filling, glossy jam, crumbly streusel and sweet vanilla glaze – this danish braid is dangerously addictive and absolutely impossible to resist!
These jam-filled pastries are perfect for easy weekend baking, yet beautiful enough for a special holiday breakfast spread! Enjoy this bakery-style danish for breakfast, brunch, at snack time or even as a dessert! Continue to read on for helpful tips and detailed step by step photos!
Update: This post was originally published in November 2014. I took new photos and made updates to include more information about cheese pastries. Plus, I added step by step photos to show you how easy this puff pastry danish braid is to prepare!
Hi, friends! Today I’m sharing an addictively delicious way to start or end your day!!
This 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 b...