When life gives you lemons, make cream cheese danishes! This sweet and tangy recipe is straight from the bakery, sans all the added sugar using both our zero-calorie Baking and Confectioners Sweeteners. A fun and easy treat that will bring sweet smiles to the ones you love using only a handful of ingredients! Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy!

By Lauren of @brightmomentco

Prep 15m

Cook 20m

Total 35m

Serve 8-10

Ingredients

· 1 box puff pastry (thawed)

· 8 oz. cream cheese

· ¾ cup Purecane™ Confectioners Sweetener

· Zest of 1 lemon

· 1 cup lemon curd

· 1 Meyer lemon (thinly sliced)

· 1 cup water

· ⅓ cup Purecane™ zero-calorie Baking Sweetener

· 1 large egg (beaten)

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
First, prepare your candied lemons; simply bring the water to a boil in a medium-sized saucepan. Stir in a ⅓ cup Purecane™ zero-calorie Baking Sweetener. Add the thinly sliced Meyer lemons to simmer for 10 minutes, then drain and transfer to a plate to dry out for 1 hour. Dip in additional baking sweetener when ready to serve.
On a floured surface, lightly roll out the thawed puff pastry.
Using a cookie cutter or large drinking glass, cut 3 ½" circles—transfer circles to the prepared pan.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the cream cheese on medium speed until creamy and smooth (about 1 minute).
Add in the lemon zest and Purecane™ Confectioners Sweetener. Mix to combine.
In the center of each puff pastry circle, add 1 to 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture. Then, add a dollop of the lemon curd on top.
Brush the puff pastry edges with an egg wash and sprinkle with a little Purecane™ zero-calorie Baking Sweetener
Bake for 20 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown.
Let cool for 5 minutes before adding the candied lemon slices and dusting with Purecane™ Confectioners Sweetener.
Serve and enjoy!