Simple Puff Pastry Cream Cheese Hearts recipe. With strawberry jam shaped into hearts for Valentines for a delicious snack or treat for tea.
Puff Pastry Cream Cheese Hearts
Simple Puff Pastry Cream Cheese Hearts recipe. With strawberry jam shaped into hearts for Valentines for a delicious snack or treat for tea. Tasty buttery pastry with tangy cream cheese and sweet strawberry or raspberry jam. An Oven Baked quick and easy snack or treat to make for dessert for special occasions. Easily change up the topping with apricot or peach jam or Nutella. Decorated with dusted fine sugar before serving to tea and guests.
What things should we avoid with puff pastry?
- Defrost it until its just still cold, easier to work with
- do not unfold the pastry before its thawed, it will break
- do not leave the puff pastry at room temperature for to long, makes it hard to work with.
- you must flour your work surface, so the pastry does not stick.
- do not handle the dough to much
- the oven should be on the correct temperature and not to low.
Why put egg on puff pastry?
You put egg on puff pastry to bake it nice and golden brown. It will also seal the edges of filled snacks and they will stay together.
Ingredients for Puff Pastry Cream Cheese Hearts
- puff pastry, thawed
- cream cheese, softened
- granulated sugar
- vanilla extract
- raspberry or strawberry jam
- egg, beaten, for the egg wash
- Powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)
Puff Pastry: For convenience we use store bought puff pastry sheets, its quick and easy. Comes out a delicious buttery flaky snack.
Cream Cheese: Always use room temperature cream cheese as it will incorporate the sugar and vanilla seamlessly well. Making a creamy mixture to add your jam on.
Jam: You can use strawberry or raspberry jam, any flavor you would prefer. This one is red jam as it is for a valentines or mothers day snack. The recipe is very versatile for various palates. You may also incorporate some fresh sliced fruits to enhance the flavor and texture of this very quick and simple snack.
Egg Wash: This is a step that should not be missed out. It will enhance the flavor and taste of the buttery pastry and give it a golden brown appearance.
Fine Sugar: Optional to use the fine powdered sugar to dust over the cream cheese and jam puff pastry snack to enhance the sweetness a little and decorates the snack for a pleasing look.
How To
Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Defrost the rolled out puff pastry until just right to work with. That’s still cold, otherwise it will be difficult to work with.
Blend the softened cream cheese with the fine sugar and vanilla extract, until smooth.
Roll out the puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Don’t roll out the dough to thin you would need it to be nice and flaky still.
Using heart-shaped cookie cutters, cut out heart shapes. Alternatively make a stencil out of cardboard and use that to cut out the hearts.
Place the cut-out hearts onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving space between each heart.
Spread a layer of the cream cheese mixture onto each heart-shaped pastry, leaving a small border around the edges.
Spoon a dollop of raspberry or strawberry jam on top of the cream cheese filling on each pastry heart. Optionally swirl the jam with a toothpick or the back of a spoon to create a marble effect.
Brush the edges of the pastry with the beaten egg for a golden finish.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 12-15 minutes or until the pastry turns golden brown.
Once baked, remove from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack.
Optionally, dust with powdered sugar before serving.
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Puff Pastry Cream Cheese Hearts
Simple Puff Pastry Cream Cheese Hearts recipe. With strawberry jam shaped into hearts for Valentines for a delicious snack or treat for tea.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 35 min
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Desserts, snack
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
- 1 sheet (about 8 oz or 225 grams) puff pastry, thawed
- 4 oz (or about 113 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup raspberry or strawberry jam
- 1 egg, beaten, for the egg wash
- Powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium mixing bowl, blend the softened cream cheese with the sugar and vanilla extract, until smooth.
- Roll out the puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Using heart-shaped cookie cutters, cut out heart shapes. Alternatively make a stencil out of cardboard and use that to cut out the hearts.
- Place the cut-out hearts onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving space between each heart.
- Spread a layer of the cream cheese mixture onto each heart-shaped pastry, leaving a small border around the edges.
- Spoon a dollop of raspberry or strawberry jam on top of the cream cheese filling on each pastry heart. Optionally swirl the jam with a toothpick or the back of a spoon to create a marble effect.
- Brush the edges of the pastry with the beaten egg for a golden finish.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 12-15 minutes or until the pastry turns golden brown.
- Once baked, remove from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack.
- Optionally, dust with powdered sugar before serving.
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