Easy Strawberry Cheesecake Danish Bread

I love Danish pastries and my craving for this mighty buttery and flaky puff pastry are well known by family and friends. Due to my love for this beautiful pastry, i always store them in my fridge. Having frozen puff pastry in my fridge, i always make little excuses to bake them. I love the way they puffing up during baking and the view is simply magnificent.

This time i came up with easy peasy strawberry cheesecake danish bread. Sounds interesting? Wait till u taste it. Creamy and smooth cream cheese filling topped with sweet and fruity strawberry jam and wrapped up in a flaky, buttery puff pastry is something no one can resist. The lemon juice and lemon zest brings out the real berry flavour of the strawberry jam. The soft cream cheese melt in your mouth in every single bite. Love the flakiness of the crispy pastry dough that compliments the rich and sweet filling. This gorgeous looking strawberry cheesecake danish bread, truly impressive to serve on your breakfast table for a taste of heaven on weekdays or weekends breakfast

Ingredients

1 sheet of frozen puff pastry,thawed
1 egg, lightly beaten
Flour, for dusting

Filling

1 package cream cheese,room temperature
1/4 cup strawberry jam
1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp lemon zest
1 tbsp lemon juice


Methods

Preheat oven at 400 'F or 204 'C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.

Mix the cream cheese with vanilla extract,confectioner's sugar,lemon juice and lemon zest until well combined.

Dust little flour on a clean working surface and roll out the puff pastry dough into 1/4 inch thick rectangle.

Spread the cheese mixture in the center of the dough. Spread the strawberry jam on the top of the cheese mixture.

Using a sharp knife, make 3/4 inch diagonal slashes along the sides of the dough. Fold the strips over the filling, alternating sides. Repeat the process with the remaining strips until all the strips well braided. Seal the ends.

Place the braided bread on the prepared baking pan and brush with beaten egg.

Bake for 20-23 minutes or until the loaf puffed up and turns golden.

Cool on wire rack. Garnish with fresh strawberries and cut into slices for serving.