Cherry Cheese Danishes with Walnut Crumble
These cherry cheese danishes with walnut crumble are like bite-sized cherry cheesecake in a puff pastry crust. They're full of sweet and juicy cherries nestled in a creamy cheese filling and elevated with a nutty and crisp walnut topping. The best part is they're super simple to make with just 10 ingredients and can be made ahead!
Servings 16
Calories 180kcal
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry cut into 16 squares
- 2 tablespoons whole egg for egg wash
for the filling
- 1 cup pitted cherries cut into halves
- 0.5 cup white sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 0.5 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- 0.33 teaspoon salt
for the walnut crumble
- 5 tablespoons walnuts finely ground
- 70 grams white flour 0.60 of a cup
- 50 grams butter 3.5 tablespoons
- 50 grams sugar 4 tablespoons
- pinch salt
Instructions
make the walnut crumble
- If starting with whole walnuts, then add them first to the bowl of the food processor and pulse until finely ground.
- Add the flour, butter and sugar. Pulse until the mixture just begins to come together into small clumps and stop immediately. Refrigerate until ready to use.
make the cherry cheese filling
- Cut the cherries in half and mix all the filling ingredients together in a bowl. Refrigerate until ready to use.
fold and cut the puff pastry
- Cut the puff pastry into squares - +/- 16 pieces depending on the dimensions of your puff pastry.
- Follow the directions and photos in the recipe post on how to make the frames.
assemble and bake the danishes
- When ready to bake, preheat oven to 180 C / 360 F
- Apply egg wash to the puff pastry (optional) then spoon in about 2-3 tablespoons of the filling (more or less depending on size of the puff pastry frame).
- Top each frame with about 1.5 tablespoons of the crumble (more or less depending on size of the puff pastry frame).
- Bake for 18 - 20 minutes or until golden.