🍒 Cherry Danish Pastries Recipe
🧾 Ingredients
🥐 Dough (easy shortcut)
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1 sheet puff pastry (store-bought, thawed)
or sweet bun dough if you prefer homemade
🍒 Filling
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1 cup cherry pie filling (or canned cherries in syrup)
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1 tbsp cornstarch (if filling is very runny)
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1 tsp lemon juice (optional)
🥚 Egg Wash
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1 egg
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1 tbsp milk
🍥 Sweet Glaze
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1 cup powdered sugar
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2–3 tbsp milk
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1/2 tsp vanilla extract
👩🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Prepare pastry
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Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F.
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Roll puff pastry slightly and cut into squares or circles.
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Place on baking tray with parchment paper.
2️⃣ Add filling
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Spoon cherry filling into center.
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Leave a small border around edges.
3️⃣ Brush & bake
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Mix egg + milk → brush edges.
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Bake 15–20 minutes until golden and puffed.
4️⃣ Make glaze
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Mix powdered sugar + milk + vanilla until smooth.
5️⃣ Finish
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Let pastries cool slightly.
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Drizzle glaze over top like in your picture 🤍🍒
⭐ Tips
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Add cream cheese layer under cherries for cheesecake style.
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Use strawberry or blueberry filling instead.
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For softer bakery texture → use sweet yeast dough instead of puff pastry.
If you want, I can give you:
👉 No-oven pan Danish recipe
👉 Cream cheese cherry danish bakery version
👉 Budget 4-ingredient cherry pastries
Just tell me 👍🍒.