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
Scale
- 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.