Homemade (3 ingredient!) Danishes

Ok - so these aren’t really a Danish. Not like the amazing Danishes you can get at a fancy bakery, but these are the kind of Danishes that you can make quickly on a Sunday morning with three ingredients! So they pass. My kids love them. I often have them make their own and fill them with what ever they want - which becomes a fun way to breakfast. Unless it’s a weekday and then I just pop these out so we can dash off to school.

Not that I’m making these on a weekday morning regularly. These are more of an “I couldn’t sleep last night and I’ve been up for hours and I’m bored” type breakfast.

There are so many options with how to fill these. When I do cream cheese, I just do cream cheese. I personally like the savory with just a little sugar on top. I’ve seen other recipes where the cream cheese is whipped with powdered sugar. That’s also delicious. It takes a minute or two longer which I’m not always into also.

Homemade Danish

makes 16

One package puff pastry sheets

jams, cream cheese, fresh fruit

one egg, beaten

sugar

STEP 1

Unroll the pastry dough on a floured cutting board. Roll out gently to about 18”x 12”. Cut into eight squares.

STEP 2

Slice in on each corner of each square, leaving the center uncut. Pop a spoonful of filling into the uncut center. One tablespoon of filling does the trick. You can combine fillings depending on what you want to eat.

STEP 3

Pull up every other corner of the pastry to form a little pinwheel. Brush the top of each pinwheel with beaten egg. Sprinkle the top with your favorite sugar.

STEP 4

Bake 20 minutes until browned on top. Remove from the baking sheet and cool. Serve slightly warm with coffee.

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