 |
| Danish bars using ingredients I had on hand. |
It's possible to find almost any recipe online when you indicate the ingredients you want to use, and I found just the one I needed.
- 1 sheet Puff Pastry dough, thawed
- 8 ounces Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 4 Tbsp Sugar
- 1 1/2 cup canned Cherry Pie Filling
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking sheet.
On a lightly floured surface roll out thawed puff pastry into a 12×9″ rectangle. Cut in half lengthwise, yielding 2 4-½” strips. Cut those two strips crosswise into thirds, to yield six 4×4 ½” pieces.
With a knife, score ½” border around the edge of each piece of puff pastry. Use a fork to make pricks into the dough within the border of each piece. This will help keep the middle of each piece from rising.
In a bowl, stir together softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spoon about 2-3 tablespoons of mixture into the middle of each piece of dough and spread around evenly, ensuring the mixture stays within the borders.
In the middle of the cream cheese, add 4 or 5 cherries.
Bake for 20 minutes, on the middle rack and rotate the baking sheet half way through baking. Remove from baking sheet and cool on a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.
 |
| Cut into six rectangles. |
 |
| Prick center so that area won't rise. |
 |
| Fill the pricked area with cream cheese mixture and top with cherries. |
 |
| Out of the oven. |
|
| Ready to eat with a bit of confectioner's sugar sifted on top. |
These will be perfect for breakfast, but I must admit, I had one for a snack almost as soon as they came out of the oven. They are good!
