Description
Flaky, golden, and filled with bright raspberry sweetness, these Raspberry Heart Danishes are an easy recipe for brunch, dessert, Valentine’s Day, breakfast ideas, party food ideas, or a quick breakfast treat that looks bakery-worthy with very little effort.
Ingredients
1 sheet puff pastry, thawed but cold
1/3 cup raspberry jam or raspberry preserves
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 large egg, beaten
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup fresh raspberries, optional for serving
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2. Lightly flour your work surface, unfold the puff pastry, and gently roll it just enough to smooth the seams.
3. Cut 8 large hearts from the puff pastry and place them on the prepared baking sheet.
4. Lightly score a smaller heart inside each pastry, leaving a border around the edge without cutting all the way through.
5. Stir the cream cheese, 2 tablespoons powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and lemon juice until smooth.
6. Spoon a small amount of cream cheese filling into the center of each pastry heart.
7. Add raspberry jam over the cream cheese and gently spread it inside the scored heart shape.
8. Brush the pastry borders with beaten egg and sprinkle lightly with granulated sugar.
9. Chill the assembled danishes for 10 to 15 minutes.
10. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, or until puffed and golden.
11. Cool the danishes for 10 minutes on the baking sheet.
12. Whisk 1/2 cup powdered sugar, milk, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth, then drizzle over the cooled danishes.
13. Serve with fresh raspberries if desired.
Notes
Keep the puff pastry cold while shaping so the hearts hold their form and bake into crisp layers.
Use thick raspberry jam or preserves so the filling stays inside the pastry center.
Let the danishes cool before adding glaze, or the drizzle will melt into the warm pastry.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 danish
- Calories: 255
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 145mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 29g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 35mg
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