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Lemon Cream Cheese Danish Breakfast

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Easy and the best Lemon Cream Cheese Danish Breakfast or dessert recipe. A puff pastry bake filling with lemon cream cheese or lemon curd.

  • Author: FillMyRecipeBook
  • Prep Time: 15 min
  • Cook Time: 20 min
  • Total Time: 35 min
  • Yield: 8 1x
  • Category: Desserts, breakfast
  • Method: Oven Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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  1. 1  Box of puff pastry, thawed.
  2. 8 oz (226 g)of cream cheese.
  3. 3/4 cup of Purecane confectioners sugar(or brown sugar, white confectioners sugar)
  4. 1 lemons zest
  5. 1 cup of lemon curd (get recipe here………How to make lemon curd ) 
  6. 1 fresh lemon thinly sliced
  7. 1 cup of water
  8. 1/3 cup of Purecane baking sweetener
  9. 1 Large egg beaten

Instructions

  1. For the Candied lemons
  2. To make the candied lemons boil the water add the baking sweetener (1/3 cup) and thinly sliced lemons. Stirring now and again. simmer for about 10 minutes. Then drain and transfer on a plate and leave to dry. Just before serving dip or sprinkle some baking sweetener on them.
  3. For the Danish
  4. Preheat oven to 200 Deg. C (400 Deg. F)
  5. Grease or spray and cook a baking tray and line with wax paper and spray and cook that as well.
  6. On a floured surface roll out the puff pastry and cut circles of about 3 1/2 ” with a cookie cutter or large glass. Place these on the baking tray.
  7. Beat the cream cheese until thick and creamy in a bowl with your mixer. (1 min) Add in the lemon zest and confectioners sugar and mix so its all combined. Finely taking about 2 tablespoons of cream cheese mixture paste in the center of the round puff pastry cut outs. Drop a dollop of lemon curd on top of that.
  8. Finely brush the edges of the puff pastry with egg mixture and sprinkle some confectioners sweetener over them.
  9. Bake for about 20 – 30 minutes until golden brown.
  10. Place on a cooler rack for about 5 minutes, then dust some confectioners sweetener over them and add your candied lemon slices and serve.
  11. Serve decorated for a Breakfast or Dessert for Mothers Day.
  12. Yummy…………not so difficult are they?

Notes

Purecane confectioners sugar has zero calories and is better suited for diabetics.

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