My First Time Making Homemade Pastries
I cheated a bit here by buying a box of Puff Pastry Dough…One box made 12 generous pastries!
*Washed & dried my fruit- added 3 tablespoons sugar and 1 teaspoon of corn starch to the fruit. I chose raspberries, blue and black berries. Fold well. Let this rest while you prepared the cream cheese filling and thaw the puff pastry dough.
I thawed the puff pastry dough on a piece of waxed paper, on my countertop. The puff pastry comes with two sheets.
*Let thaw then cut each sheet into thirds and then in half. I used a pizza cutter to cut my dough.This will make 12 pastries.
*Score a box shape in each pastry leaving 1/4 inch all the way around. See photo below. ⬇️
*Roll out each piece of dough just slightly.
*Cream Cheese Filling-
One regular sized block of softened packaged cream cheese. Zest of one lemon and 2-3 teaspoons of squeezed lemon juice. 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla. Cream together until soft and spreadable.
*Spread the cream cheese within the box you have scored leaving the border edge clean. Use a generous amount of filling. Arrange your fruit mixture on top of the filling.
