These Homemade Lemon Blueberry Cream Cheese danishes are pretty simple to make.
This recipe uses puff pastry that creates a delicious, buttery, and crisp base for the sweetened cream cheese and sugared blueberries.
The finished pastries are then drizzled with a light icing.
Homemade Danish
These are so good, in fact they are one of the most top rated recipes on the site.
So many of you have tried them and reached out to tell me how easy they are to make and how delicious they are to eat.
They taste great for breakfast or dessert and require very little work to make.
If you like this recipe, you are going to love our Raspberry Cheesecake Swirl Bread too!
This homemade Danish recipe calls for blueberries in the filling, however you can use any kind of berries or fruit that you like.
Many people also like to use blackberries, raspberries and strawberries too.
Lemon Blueberry Danish Ingredients
- Puff pastry
- Cream cheese
- Sugar
- Vanilla extract
- Blueberries
- Lemon juice
- Egg
- Water
Danish Icing Ingredients
- Powdered sugar
- Heavy cream
How to Make Homemade Danish
Full directions on how to make snowball cookies are in the printable recipe card at the bottom of this page. This is a quick walk through.
Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2: Unfold the puff pastry sheets and lay out on a flat surface.
Step 3: Use a knife to cut along the fold marks to create three equal sized strips. Cut each strip in half to make a total of 12 rectangles.
Step 4: Arrange the puff pastry rectangles on a large, ungreased cookie sheet leaving at least 1 inch of space between each rectangle.
Step 5: With a paring knife, lightly score a border around the entire edge of each pastry rectangle, about ¾ inch away from the edge.
Step 6: Use a fork to poke a few holes into the center area of each pastry.
This allows the outside border to rise and puff up while the center stays lower and holds the filling.
Step 7: In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, 2 tablespoons of the sugar, and the vanilla extract.
Step 8: Spoon equal amounts of the filling into the center of each pastry rectangle. Spread it onto the dough within the inside border.
Step 9: In a small bowl, toss the fresh blueberries with the lemon juice, then sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the sugar.
Step 10: Add the sugared blueberries on top of the cream cheese on the pastries.
Step 11: In a small bowl, beat the egg and water together.
Step 12: Use a pastry brush to apply a thin layer of the egg wash to the outside border of each pastry.
Discard any leftover egg mixture.
Step 13: Bake the pastries at 400F for 18 minutes, until the danishes are golden brown.
Step 14: In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar and heavy cream (milk can be substituted for cream, but will make the frosting thinner).
Step 15: The consistency should be somewhat thick, but still thin enough to drizzle.
Expert tip: If the consistency is too thick, add a little more cream; if too thin, add more powdered sugar.
Step 16: Cool the lemon blueberry cream cheese danishes on a baking rack for 10 minutes. Drizzle the frosting over the danishes.
This recipe makes 12 pastries.
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Blueberry Cream Danish
Ingredients
Blueberry Danish Ingredients:
- 3 ounce box puff pastry two sheets of pastry in the box, thawed according to package directions
- 6 ounces cream cheese softened to room temperature
- 3 tablespoons sugar divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup fresh blueberries
- ½ teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon water
Danish Icing Ingredients
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F degrees.
- Unfold the puff pastry sheets and lay out on a flat surface. Use a knife to cut along the fold marks to create three equal sized strips. Cut each strip in half to make a total of 12 rectangles.
- Arrange the puff pastry rectangles on a large, ungreased cookie sheet leaving at least 1 inch of space between each rectangle.
- With a paring knife, lightly score a border around the entire edge of each pastry rectangle, about ¾ inch away from the edge. Use a fork to poke a few holes into the center area of each pastry. This allows the outside border to rise and puff up while the center stays lower and holds the filling.
- In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese, 2 tablespoons of the sugar, and the vanilla extract. Spoon equal amounts of the filling into the center of each pastry rectangle. Spread it onto the dough within the inside border.
- In a small bowl, toss the fresh blueberries with the lemon juice, then sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the sugar. Add the sugared blueberries on top of the cream cheese on the pastries.
- In a small bowl, beat the egg and water together. Use a pastry brush to apply a thin layer of the egg wash to the outside border of each pastry. Discard any leftover egg mixture.
- Bake the pastries at 400F for 18 minutes, until the danishes are golden brown.
- In a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar and heavy cream (milk can be substituted for cream, but will make the frosting thinner). The consistency should be somewhat thick, but still thin enough to drizzle. If the consistency is too thick, add a little more cream; if too thin, add more powdered sugar.
- Cool the danishes on a baking rack for 10 minutes. Drizzle the frosting over the danishes.
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Nutrition
Nutritional information is automatically calculated with ingredients and serving size and may not be accurate. Please always double check with your own nutritional apps as well.
