Description
Indulge in the delightful combination of creamy cheese, sweet cherry filling, and flaky puff pastry with this Cherry Cheese Pastry Pie recipe. Perfect for a simple yet impressive dessert that is sure to please any crowd.
Ingredients
Scale
Puff Pastry:
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
Cream Cheese Filling:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg yolk
Cherry Topping:
- 1 can (21 oz) cherry pie filling
Egg Wash:
- 1 large egg (beaten with 1 tablespoon water)
Optional:
- 2 tablespoons coarse sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat the oven: Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Prepare the pastry: Roll the puff pastry into a 10×12-inch rectangle on a floured surface. Transfer to the baking sheet.
- Make the cream cheese filling: Beat cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and egg yolk until smooth. Spread over the pastry.
- Add cherry topping: Spread cherry pie filling over the cream cheese layer.
- Shape and bake: Fold pastry edges in, brush with egg wash, sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 20–25 minutes until golden.
- Serve: Cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Notes
- Enhance flavor with lemon zest in the cream cheese mix.
- Variety: Try blueberry or raspberry pie filling.
- Best served warm, refrigerate leftovers for up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Pastry
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American, European
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 17 g
- Sodium: 210 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg
