Cheese Danish

A fantastic and absolutely delicious cheese danish recipe.  Golden layers of cardamom flavored pastry filled with a creamy cream cheese filling and strawberry preserves. A final drizzle of vanilla glaze brings this danish to perfection. This simple cheese danish pastry recipe is easy to make and absolutely scrumptious! 

Ingredients

Pastry

1 package dry yeast
1/2 cup warm milk
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cardamom

Beurrage
2 sticks butter 2 tablespoons flour


Filling

8 oz cream cheese
1 egg
lemon zest
1 tsp vanilla
3 tbsps sugar
4 tbsps strawberry preserves

Topping

2 tbsps almonds

Icing

2 tbsps milk
1 tbsp softened butter
1/2 to 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Dash of vanilla