Lemon Cheesecake Hand Pies
Ingredients :
- 2 sheets of puff pastry
- 5 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 oz lemon curd
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 tsp lemon zest
- Little bit of water in a small bowl
- 1 egg
Directions :
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Combine cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy whipping cream. Beat the mixture until smooth and fluffed.
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Set up a small bowl of water and whisk an egg in another small bowl. Set aside.
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Preheat the oven to 400 and line a large cookie baking sheet with parchment paper.
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Unfold defrosted pastry sheets. Cut each pastry on along the fold line and then across, right in the middle. You will create 6 equal rectangles out of each pastry sheet (12 total).
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In the middle of 6 rectangles, spread about a tablespoon and a half of cream cheese mixture, leaving about 1/4 inch around the edges to seal the pastry.
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Spread about a tablespoon of lemon curd over the cream cheese mixture.
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Dip your fingertips in water and run them along all of the pastry edges. (All 12.)
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Cover the pastry rectangle that has the filling with a pastry rectangle that does not. Gently press on the edges to help seal them.
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Using a fork, press along the edges of all 6 pastries. Use the fork to poke the middle of the top pastry a couple of times.
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Brush each pastry with the egg all over the top.
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Bake for 18-20 minutes, until golden brown. Take out and let it cool a bit before adding glaze.
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In a shallow bowl, whisk powdered sugar with heavy cream until smooth. Whisk in lemon zest. Transfer the glaze into a piping bag (of just a zip lock bag), snip off a little tip and drizzle each pastry with glaze.
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