Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish

5 from 1 vote

These strawberry cream cheese danish taste like they came from a gourmet bakery, but they're easily made in the convenience of your own kitchen. With sweet strawberry jam, gooey cream cheese, and a sugared crumble on top- these melt in your mouth breakfast pastries are perfect to make on the weekend and then heat & heat on busy mornings!

Prep Time25

Cook Time20

Rise Time1

Total Time1 45

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert

Cuisine: American, Danish

Servings:

Calories: 449kcal

Author: Meaghan - The Quicker Kitchen

Ingredients

For The Dough

1 cup warm whole milk
1 packet 2 ½ tsp yeast
1/3 cup granulated sugar
4 egg yolks
4 cups all purpose flour
½ tsp salt
6 tablespoons room temperature butter
2 tbsp olive oil

For The Cream Cheese Filling

1.5-2 blocks cream cheese
½ cup sugar
1 tbsp of vanilla
Strawberry Preserves

For The Crumble

1/3 cup all purpose flour
1/3 cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons melted butter

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Warm the milk, add yeast and sugar. Stir and let sit for ten minutes.
Add the egg yolks, flour, salt and butter to the mixing dough.
After 10 mins add the yeast mixture and mix on medium speed for 15 mins.
Carefully remove the dough and roll out on a lightly floured surface.
Knead the dough just a little until smooth and in a ball shape.
Add oil to a bowl, place the dough on top and then cover with a towel.
Place in a warm area and let it sit, undisturbed, for 1 hour to rise.
After one hour, pat down the dough, lightly knead it and then separate it into 10-12 balls.
Place the balls on parchment lined baking sheets (no more than 6 dough balls per sheet)
Create a well with the bottom of a sturdy glass OR use a rounded measuring spoon.
Brush each pastry evenly with egg wash (1 egg + 1 tsp water, mixed together).
Add the filling ingredients to a mixing bowl, and whip together until smooth & evenly combined. Spoon the mixture evenly into all the pastry wells.
Top each danish with a dollop of strawberry preserves.
Mix together the crumble ingredients until evenly combined, then sprinkle it evenly out over all of the danish.
Bake for 350° for 18-20 mins
Serve warm & enjoy!

Notes

When ready to mix the milk and flour together, start off at the lowest speed on your hand mixer and slowly work up to medium speed. This will help prevent flour from spewing out of the bowl and going everywhere.
Since the dough will rise best in a warm area- I like to turn my oven on to 'warm', only for a couple minutes, and then place the bowl in there. Be careful when doing this since you only want it warm and NOT hot.
Don't worry about the cream cheese filling melting and making a mess during baking. It will hold together without spreading, so add as much (or as little) as you like to each danish.
For convenience- these cream cheese danishes can also easily be made in the bowl of a stand mixer using the bread or paddle attachment. It will also eliminate the need for hand kneading!

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