Apple Toffee Cheese Danish
Bring the bakery home with this Apple Toffee Cheese Danish. Crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. This party favorite is always on my list when planning a brunch. Impress your guests! Now with store bought puff pastry you too can create your own puff pastry masterpiece.
This Apple Toffee Cheese Danish reminds me a lot of a slab pie. What is a slab pie? It’s a shallow pie, that’s made in a rimmed baking sheet. They’re perfect for feeding large groups. Click here to see my version of a slab pie —->>>>POTLUCK PEACH SLAB PIE
When making an apple dessert combine two types of apples; such as Golden delicious and Honeycrisp. This creates a balanced apple flavor.
Roll one of the pastry sheets into a 15×10-inch rectangle.
Bake….NOTE: The pastry will get puffy.
When the pastry is removed from the oven use the back of a wooden spoon to press it back down.
Add the cream cheese mixture.
Add apple mixture on top of cream cheese.
Toffee Bits!
Add remaining pastry over the apples. Lots of butter, sugar and cinnamon.
BAKE!
Piles of Apples!
Apple Toffee Cheese Danish
Breakfast is served!
Ingredients
- 1 - 17.3 ounce package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed (2 sheets)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2-1/2 pounds cooking apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced (about 7 cups)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 - 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup toffee bits
- 1 tablespoons milk
- 2 tablespoons coarse sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Lightly spray a 15x10x1-inch baking pan with non stick cooking spray; set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, unfold on pastry sheet and roll into a 15x10-inch rectangle.
- Transfer to the prepared baking pan, pressing pastry to edges of pan.
- Bake about 12 minutes or until golden. NOTE: pastry will puff and shrink from sides of pan.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile, in a extra large skillet heat butter over medium heat until melted.
- Add apples; cook about 8 minutes or just until apples are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.
- In a small bowl combine 1/2 cup of the sugar, the flour, 1/2 teaspoon of the cinnamon, and the nutmeg.
- Sprinkle over apples.
- Cook and stir for 2 minutes more. Set aside.
- Beat the cream cheese and the remaining 1/2 cup sugar until smooth.
- Beat in egg and vanilla.
- Just until combined.
- Carefully spread cream cheese mixture over baked pastry to within 1-inch of the edges.
- Spoon apple mixture over cream cheese mixture.
- Sprinkle on the toffee bits.
- On a lightly floured surface, unfold the remaining pastry sheet and roll into a 13x10-inch rectangle.
- NOTE: Make sure pastry is large enough to completely cover apple mixture.
- Place on top of apple mixture.
- Lightly press edges of top pastry to edges of bottom pastry.
- Lightly brush top pastry with milk.
- Using a sharp knife, cut a few slits in the pastry to allow steam to escape.
- In a small bowl combine coarse sugar and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; sprinkle over pastry.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until pastry is slightly puffed and golden.
- Cool on wire rack and bout 45 minutes.
Notes
This recipe was adapted from the BHG Fall Baking 2013 magazine
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These look totally YUMMY! Thank you for hosting this challenge, Sheryl. It inspired me to get creative in the kitchen, something that I haven’t done for a number of years!
Oh wow, that looks amazing!! I never knew that you could bake puff pastry in two steps. Thanks for another fun challenge Sheryl. 🙂
Sheryl this Danish looks fantastic! I wish I had a slice right now, thanks for hosting the dessert challenge.
I love how you combined two different types of apples to balance the flavor. I am going to have to give that a try some time. Thanks for hosting another great challenge.
Wow, what a delicious treat. I have everything to make this. It will be dessert soon. Thanks Cheryl for hosting a great challenge.
After seeing this my cup of coffee is looking awfully lonely. Loved your post!!
Wow, that looks so decadent and wonderful! I’d love to wake up to that!
Thank you for putting together the challenge each month.
WOW and YUM oh and Drool
Can you send me one via the internet. That looks delish.
Love your danish and this challenge! Thanks for another great one!
Ohhh this looks out-of-this-world-good!!!! YUM!!!! What a great fall dessert!!!!
Your danish looks so delicious, Sheryl!
Good morning. I wanted to let you know I have featured this recipe in my 15 Fall Apple Recipe Round Up!
Amazing recipe! Can’t wait to make this!!
This sounds great can,t wait to try this