Easiest Cheese Danish

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 extra-large egg yolks, room temperature
• 2 tablespoons ricotta cheese
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
• 1 (2 sheet) box frozen puff pastry, defrosted
• 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash

Recipe

• 1 add cream cheese & sugar in the bowl of electric mixer
• 2 cream together on low until smooth.
• 3 with the mixer still on low, add egg yolks, ricotta, vanilla, salt, and lemon zest and mix until just combined. do not whip.
• 4 unfold 1 sheet of puff pastry on a lightly floured board &roll it slightly with a floured rolling pin until it's a 10 by 10-inch square.
• 5 cut the sheet into quarters with a sharp knife. put 1 heaping tablespoon of cheese filling into the middle of each of the 4 squares.
• 6 brush the border of each pastry with egg wash and fold 2 opposite corners to the center, brushing and overlapping the corners of each pastry so they firmly stick together.
• 7 brush the top of the pastries with egg wash. place the pastries on the prepared sheet pan.
• 8 repeat with remaining puff pastry and refrigerate for 15 minutes.
• 9 bake for about 20 minutes, turning pan once during baking, until puffed and brown. serve warm.