Description
These Fruit and Cream Cheese Breakfast Pastries are a delightful way to start your day. The flaky puff pastry filled with a creamy mixture of cream cheese, sugar, lemon, and vanilla, topped with your favorite fruit, makes for a perfect breakfast treat.
Ingredients
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Cream Cheese Filling:
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- 6 ounces cream cheese, at room temp
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Additional Ingredients:
- 1 (17.3-oz.) package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed
- 1 1/2 cups fruit
- 1 large egg
- Sanding sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare Cream Cheese Filling: In a bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla until smooth.
- Assemble Pastries: Roll out puff pastry sheets, cut into squares, spread cream cheese mixture, top with fruit, fold, and seal edges.
- Bake: Brush pastries with beaten egg, sprinkle with sanding sugar, and bake until golden brown.
- Serve: Let cool slightly before serving and enjoy!
Notes
- You can use any fruit of your choice such as berries, peaches, or apples.
- Feel free to customize the pastries with your favorite toppings or glaze.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pastry
- Calories: 260 kcal
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 180 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 27 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg