With only a handful of ingredients, these Strawberry and Cream Pastries are easy to make at home and delicious!
In a medium bowl, place diced strawberries and ¼ cup of the sugar, toss to coat, set aside.
In a small bowl add softened cream cheese (should be really soft - heat in microwave if needed), vanilla, and remaining ¼ cup sugar; beat well with a fork or electric mixer (if the cream cheese is soft, this should be easy to do by hand.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
With the dough rolled out, cut each piece into fourths (4 rectangles from each sheet, 8 total). Make six 1 inch cuts along both sides of the rectangles, leaving about 2 inches in the center (to place the filling).
Spread about ½ TBS of cream cheese mixture in the center of each piece, then add about 2 TBS of strawberry mixture to the top of that. Starting at one end, wrap your cut pieces into the center, crossing as you go - this does not have to be perfect.
In a small bowl, mix together the egg and 1 TBS of water.
Place pastries on a parchment lined baking sheet. Brush egg wash on the tops and sides of the pastries and give a light sprinkle of sugar over the top.
Place in oven and bake for 20-25 minutes, checking done-ness at 20 minutes and continuing until the tops are nicely browned.
Remove from oven and serve warm or after they are cooled. Enjoy!
Don't like strawberries? This recipe could be made with pretty much any other berry as well, or mixed berries - yum!
First published in October 2015. Updated August 2023.
recipe from DomesticSuperhero.com