Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Baking Pastries
- Thaw puff pastry according to directions on package and halfway through thawing preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a small bowl, mix together cream cheese, jam, and food coloring using a rubber spatula until smooth. Transfer to refrigerator until ready to use.
- Cut pastry into heart shapes using a 3-inch heart-shaped cookie cutter, spacing them closely.
- Transfer hearts to a baking sheet lined with a silicone liner or parchment paper, spacing 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Using a sharp paring knife, lightly score a heart inside of each cut-out heart about 1/3 inch from the edge without cutting through the dough.
- Add 1 tsp of the cream cheese mixture to the center of each heart and spread outward without covering the 1/3-inch edge.
- Add strawberries over the cream cheese layer without covering the edge. Brush the 1/3-inch edge with the egg/water mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 14-15 minutes until edges are golden brown. Let cool on a wire rack and then dust with powdered sugar.
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Notes
This recipe is highly versatile; feel free to swap in different jams or add chocolate for a sweet twist.
