Easy Raspberry Cheese Danish Recipe (2024)

Published: Aug 10, 2018 by Dina

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This Easy Raspberry Cheese Danish Recipe is a perfect breakfast treat or dessert that is simple to make using puff pastry as a base. You’ll love our simple version with few ingredients but amazing bright raspberry flavor.

Do you love homemade cheese danish recipes? you won’t believe how easy our mini cherry cheese danishes are! A must make dessert for cherry season!

This recipe was originally posted May 10, 2017, we’ve tweaked it a bit since then. This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

Easy Raspberry Cheese Danish Recipe

I used store-bought puff pastry dough to make this a quick dessert recipe. However, if you want to go above and beyond you can make this using my homemade danish dough recipe here on the blog. For this cheese danish recipe, I prefer using a faster method. I almost always have these ingredients at home so this pastry can be whipped up very quickly (about 20 minutes) besides the baking time. This is also something I like to serve when having unexpected guests. It looks like it took a long time to make when in reality it’s just as quick as making cookies.

Ingredients for an easy Cream Cheese Danish with Raspberry filling

Puff Pastry Sheets
Cream Cheese
Ricotta Cheese
Sugar
Lemon Juice
Raspberry Jam
Egg
Milk
Powdered Sugar

How to make a Cream Cheese Danish with Raspberry Filling

For complete directions and ingredients list, see the printable option at the bottom of the post.

Prepare your baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat your oven as needed.
In a bowl, you will combine your cream cheese danish filling mixture and mix with a handheld mixer until well blended, leaving raspberry jam out until later.
You will cut the puff pastry as shown, and layer your raspberry jam and cream cheese danish filling as appropriate before braiding and topping with an egg wash to bake.
Top with a drizzle of glaze if desired.

A spoon of glaze drizzled over the top makes this simple cheese danish recipe look beautiful with the bits of raspberry jam showing through the braid.

More Cheese Danish Recipe Ideas

It is no mystery that I absolutely love the combination of fluffy pastry with cream cheese and fruit fillings. While this raspberry cheese danish recipe is one of my favorites, below are a few more you will also love.

Easy Almond Danish Recipe
Mini Cherry Cheese Danish Recipe
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Full Recipe Instructions

Raspberry Cheese Danish Recipe

This Easy Raspberry Cheese Danish Recipe is a perfect breakfast treat or dessert that is simple to make using puff pastry as a base. You'll love our simple version with few ingredients but amazing bright raspberry flavor.

5 from 25 votes

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Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: Danish

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 574kcal

Author: Dina

Ingredients

▢ 2 puff pastry sheet
▢ 8 oz cream cheese
▢ 6 tbsp ricotta cheese
▢ 4 tbsp sugar
▢ 1 tsp lemon juice
▢ 1/2 cup raspberry jam
▢ 1 Egg + 1 tbsp water for egg wash
▢ Glaze:
▢ 1 tbsp milk
▢ 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

Combine cream cheese, ricotta, sugar, and lemon juice with a handheld mixer.
Place the thawed puff pastry out onto a sheet of floured parchment paper. Roll it out lengthwise about 2 inches.
Cut the top corners off and begin cutting strips diagonally down the sides of the pastry. You should end up with about 10 strips on each side. Once you reach the bottom strip, cut off the remaining flaps.
Place the filling in the middle third of each puff pastry sheet. Then pipe out an even layer of raspberry jam on top of the filling (1/4 cup per danish ).
To make the braid, begin crossing over each strip, alternating between sides. Every time you pull a strip over to the opposite side, gently pinch it down. Before you cross over last strips, fold in the bottom middle flap.
Brush both danishes with egg wash. Bake at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minute or until golden brown.
Make the glaze by combining the milk and powdered sugar. Once the danish is completely cool, drizzle the glaze over it.

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I love Yorkies says

October 29, 2023 at 9:54 am

Thank you for the recipe. Step 2 is kind of confusing though –

Place the thawed puff pastry out onto a sheet of floured parchment paper. Roll it out lengthwise about 2 inches.

Do we mean 12 or 20 inches?

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- Dina says
  
  November 07, 2023 at 4:45 pm
  
  Hi, thank you for asking. What I meant is to roll out the dough 2 inches wider than what it came in the package. It should be about 9×11 inches after its rolled out. I hope that helps 🙂
  
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Jennifer Schiller says

June 21, 2023 at 11:03 am

The strudel was delicious. I made a have a recipe only one strudel. Seemed as though I had a lot of cream cheese filling for one passing the recipe should I have used it all?

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- Dina says
  
  June 24, 2023 at 11:02 am
  
  Hi Jennifer, I am a little confused. Did you half the danish and the filling?
  
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George says

April 24, 2023 at 10:17 am

Do I need to use ricotta cheese. Don’t really use it.

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- Dina says
  
  April 25, 2023 at 12:58 pm
  
  Hi George, you can omit the ricotta and replace it with equal amounts of cream cheese if you want. I hope you enjoy the recipe!
  
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Brenda says

April 18, 2023 at 4:32 pm

Can I make this the night before, refrigerate it then bake it in the morning? Thank you!

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- Dina says
  
  April 19, 2023 at 7:22 pm
  
  Hi Brenda, yes you can. Just make sure to only add the egg wash right before baking. Enjoy! 🙂
  
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Julie G says

February 19, 2023 at 11:59 am
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Excellent! I used strawberry preserves which were delicious. I love this recipe. So easy and makes 2 which is great. Making this again for sure.

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- Dina says
  
  February 19, 2023 at 10:33 pm
  
  Julie, I am so glad you loved this recipe! Thank you for taking the time to write your kind feedback 🙂
  
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Mary says

November 14, 2022 at 4:58 pm

I’ve made this several times with different fillings. So good!
My question and I apologize if it has been asked, but can I freeze these for the holidays and before or after it’s baked? Thanks!

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- Dina says
  
  November 15, 2022 at 12:07 am
  
  Thank you Mary! 🙂 You can freeze them before baking. Just make them up until before the egg wash. Then wrap them well in plastic wrap and foil and freeze. Thaw completely before eggwash and baking. Enjoy!
  
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Michelle says

July 15, 2022 at 9:03 am

It was a great hit with my husband. I used fresh raspberries from the garden and substituted cottage cheese for the ricotta (all I had on hand).

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- Dina says
  
  July 15, 2022 at 11:14 am
  
  That’s awesome Michelle, thanks for taking the time to write your feedback!
  
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Ann says

April 16, 2022 at 7:03 am

Does this make one or two danishes

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- Dina says
  
  April 16, 2022 at 12:34 pm
  
  Hi Ann, this recipe makes 2 danishes.
  
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barbara says

February 21, 2022 at 7:24 am

Hi Dina: Thank you for making it easy to make what seems to be such a difficult bakery product!! I’d like your opinion: I want to add lemon curd instead of jam, but want to take the edge off the lemon sourness by incorporating some whipped cream into the curd. Do you think this will make a mess or really work? Thank you for your expertise! barb.

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- Dina says
  
  February 21, 2022 at 4:50 pm
  
  Hi Barbara 🙂 Thank you and I hope you find this recipe easy to make! I don’t recommend whipped cream because it will liquify with the heat. To balance the tartness from the lemon you can add some more sweetness from the glaze. I hope that helps. If you give it a try let me know how it goes 🙂
  
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Amber says

February 04, 2022 at 2:42 pm

I’m a little confused by the instructions. Is this recipe for two separate danishes or am I supposed to combine the two sheets into one?

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- Dina says
  
  February 04, 2022 at 6:22 pm
  
  Hi Amber 🙂 This recipe makes 2 cheese danishes. I hope you get a chance to try this recipe! 🙂
  
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Kara says

February 03, 2022 at 1:49 pm

Can I make without ricotta cheese? Is there a substitute? 🙂

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- Dina says
  
  February 04, 2022 at 12:32 pm
  
  Hi Kara 🙂 You can omit the ricotta cheese. You can add a large egg yolk to help thicken it up. It would be the filling from my cream cheese danish recipe. It doesn’t have ricotta cheese. I hope that helps 🙂
  
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Jean Cole says

January 20, 2022 at 1:08 pm

Question for fresh raspberry adder: What do you mean by raspberries “cut one half on the inside?”

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- Dina says
  
  January 20, 2022 at 7:35 pm
  
  Hi Jean 🙂 I am not too sure what they mean but I am assuming they added cut raspberries. Half of the berries on the inside of the danish and the other half on top of the danish. I hope they answer you to clarify. I hope you get a chance to try this recipe! 🙂
  
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- Dee says
  
  May 06, 2023 at 7:51 am
  
  The raspberry user meant they used raspberries but used half on the inside and set aside the other half and used them on the top of the pastry when it was done baking.. Some people use the word cut as setting to the side..That is my interpretation…
  
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Aj says

January 02, 2022 at 5:45 am

We’ve always gotten Entemanns. Never again! This recipe is simple and comes out perfectly lovely! We are hooked!! I think next I’ll try blueberry when we get some fresh berries from the garden this year. Thank you so much for sharing this🤗

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- Dina says
  
  January 03, 2022 at 10:11 pm
  
  Yay! So happy to hear this cheese danish turned out so perfectly! It really makes me so happy when people love my recipes 🙂 This recipe is much easier than most people think and it looks so elegant 🙂 Glad to hear you will be making this recipe again! Thank you so much for your awesome feedback! 🙂
  
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Maxine says

December 30, 2021 at 9:04 am

Can fresh raspberries be used for the filling?
Thx in advance.

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- Dina says
  
  January 01, 2022 at 9:39 pm
  
  Hi Maxine 🙂 Technically it should work. However, it may leak some juices from the raspberries since the jam is thickened. So the consistency may be a little thinner. If you give it a try let me know how it goes 🙂 I hope you love this recipe!
  
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- Aj says
  
  January 02, 2022 at 5:47 am
  
  I added fresh some fresh berries cut 1/2 on the inside and then once cooled, to the top. Came out perfect!
  
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  - Dina says
    
    January 03, 2022 at 10:12 pm
    
    Thank you for the feedback Aj! Glad to hear this recipe turned out perfect! 🙂

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