Cherry Cheese Danish Bars

By srumbel

If you like Cherry Cheese Danish, you will LOVE these simple Cherry Cheese Danish Bars. They are a fast and simple way to whip up a batch of danish.
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Ingredients

• Glaze:
• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 8 oz block cream cheese, slightly softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup cherry pie filling
• Crumb topping (optional)
• 1/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 TBS butter, cold and cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 TBS warm water

Details

Preparation time 15mins
Cooking time 35mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350. Unroll thawed puff pastry onto a baking sheet and set aside.
In the bowl of your mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar on medium speed until smooth and combined. Spread evenly on puff pastry, leaving 1/2 inch plain all around the edges.
Spread cherry filling evenly over cream cheese, again leaving it off about 1/2 inch of the edge.
Fold plain edges of pastry in, pressing in with your fingers to seal.
Sprinkle pastry evenly with crumb topping and bake for about 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar and water until smooth and drizzle over pastry. Let cool before cutting and serving.

This is one of my new favorites — I can’t wait to try it with blueberry filling, too!