Lemon Pastry with Sweet Cream Cheese Filling

Lemon Pastry

This delicious lemon pastry starts with puff pastry sheets. Then, we add sweet and tangy cream cheese and lemon filling along with another dollop of lemon filling on top of that. After that, it’s baked to flaky, golden perfection. It’s the perfect sweet treat that everyone loves, including you because you’ll be in and out of the kitchen in no time.

Why You’ll Love This Lemon Pastry Recipe

• They’re so easy to make, requiring only a few simple ingredients easily found at the grocery store.
• They feature rich, creamy sweet cream cheese filling and lemon pie filling.
• They’re a favorite lemon pastry the entire family will enjoy.

Lemon Pastry Tips and Variations

This is an extremely easy recipe to make, even though it looks a bit fancy. However, even easy recipes have their little secrets, and I’m sharing those. I also have some great variations that I think you’re going to love.

Tips

• Be sure your cream cheese is fully softened so it blends perfectly. Otherwise, you can end up with chunks of cream cheese in your mixture.
• Understand that golden brown is more gold than brown. So many people overcook their food because they think golden brown is darker than it really is.
• Always let your pastries cool before adding the glaze. Otherwise, it will just slide right off of them.

Variations

• Omit the lemon juice from the cream cheese mixture and use your favorite pie filling to change the flavor of these pastries.
• Omit the lemon juice from the glaze to make a simple vanilla glaze when you use various pie fillings.

What to Serve with Lemon Pastry

This delicious dessert is perfect with a glass of milk or a cup of coffee. You can also add it to a platter of sweets like other pastries and cookies for a sweet snacking board for parties or guests.

Lemon Pastry FAQ

If you have questions about this lemon pastry with sweet cream cheese filling, then read on. The following FAQ answers the most commonly asked questions about lemon pastries.

How do puff pastries get so airy?

The water in the layers of pastry dough, along with the water in the butter, turns to steam while the puff pastries bake. That steam creates just a little force which puffs up the pastry before the water evaporates in the oven.

How long does puff pastry take to bake?

That depends on how much and what kind of filling is involved. The more outside ingredients, the longer it will take. In general, it they’ll bake up in anywhere from 15 to 25 minutes, depending on the recipe.

Can you bake lemon curd in puff pastry?

Absolutely. There are many lemon curd pastry recipes out there.

Can you freeze lemon pastries?

Absolutely. Wrap each pastry individually in a double layer of cling wrap, then place them in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Can you freeze cream cheese pastries?

Yes, you can. Freeze them exactly as mentioned above, but be sure to use them within a month. After that, the texture of the cream cheese will begin to change.

How long will cream cheese lemon pastries last in the fridge?

They’ll last for up to 7 days in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.

Lemon Pastry Ingredients

This recipe only uses simple ingredients. You’ll find everything you need easily at your local grocery store.

For the Pastry

• Puff pastry sheets
• Lemon pie filling (only uses about ⅓ of a can)
• Cream cheese, room temperature
• Sugar
• Egg yolk
• Lemon juice
• Vanilla extract
• Large egg
• Water

For the Glaze

• Powdered sugar
• Lemon juice
• Vanilla extract

How to Make This Lemon Pastry Recipe

This is a simple recipe that anyone can make. There are a few steps involved, but they’re all very easy. Even beginners can make it.

Step 1: Prep

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and link a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set it aside.

Step 2: Make the Pastry Sheet Base

Cut each pastry sheet into eight strips. Then, take two strips and pinch the ends together to create one long strip. Twist the long strip into a sort of braid. Next, press one end of a twisted strip down onto the prepared baking sheet, and wrap the twisted dough around to make a circle. Pinch the end of the strip firmly onto the circle-shaped dough to secure. Finally, poke the center four to five times with a fork.

Step 3: Make the Cream Cheese Filling

Beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy in a medium bowl. Then, add the egg yolk, sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice and beat for 2 more minutes.

Step 4: Construct the Pastries

Add a spoonful of the cream cheese mixture to the center of each pastry, then top it with a spoonful of lemon pie filling. Next, whisk egg and water together in a bowl and brush the egg wash over the pastry crust.

Step 5: Bake

Bake the pastries for 23 to 25 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool.

Step 6: Make the Glaze

While the pastries are baking, mix the powdered sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla together. When the pastries have cooled, drizzle them with the glaze. Serve and enjoy!

Try This Delicious Lemon Pastry with Cream Cheese Today

This lemon pastry with sweet cream cheese filling has everything we love about the pastries we so often pick up at the local bakery. The puff pastry is light, flaky, and golden brown and topped with a sweet and tangy cream cheese lemon filling and lemon pie filling. This sweet treat is so good and so easy to make. With a combination like that, why wouldn’t you want to try it? Make it just once, and I promise you’ll find yourself whipping it up again and again.

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And, here is a Lemon Pretzel Dessert, from Deliciously Seasoned, that is absolutely delicious. Both sweet and salty in one dessert is the ultimate treat.