Chocolate Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Cookies A Recipes

KELLYMAC'S CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE FILLED PUFF PASTRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a large saucepan over medium low heat combine sugar, cocoa, flour, and salt.
• Add water gradually stirring after every addition. The mixture will look really watery but it thickens up quickly. Cook this over medium heat stirring constantly.
• Once mixture has thickened add Kahlua and chocolate chips. Lower the heat.
• Stir until the chips have all melted and mixture has thickened again.
• Add cream cheese, butter, and vanilla and once again stir until all incorporated and mixture almost starts to boil, or until it reaches the consistency of hot fudge. Be careful not to let the chocolate on the bottom burn!
• Allow to cool while puff pastry is prepared.
• Unfold puff pastry sheets on parchment paper and use a rolling pin to stretch by about 1 inch on all sides and to smooth out folds.
• Cut each pastry sheet into four squares.
• Place sqaures on greased cookie sheets.
• Place approximately 1/4 cup of filling in center of pastry and then immediately fold corners in to make a square envelope. Pinch the corners to ensure that it stays together.
• Repeat for remaining pastry squares.
• Make an egg wash by beating together the egg and milk and brush on each puff pastry.
• Sprinkle puff pastries with cinnamon sugar.
• Place in oven and bake for approxiately 30 minutes or until the puff pastry is golden brown and flakey.
• Allow to cool for 10-15 minutes and then sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of each pastry square before serving.
• Good alone or served with ice cream or whipped cream.

CREAM PUFF DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat melt butter in water until bubbly. Dump in flour all at once and stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until smooth and glossy. Spread in prepared pan.
• Bake in preheated oven 30 to 35 minutes, until puffy and golden. Let cool completely on wire rack.
• While puff is cooling, beat together cream cheese, milk and pudding mix. Spread over cooled puff. Chill 20 minutes.
• Spread whipped topping over chilled filling and drizzle with chocolate and caramel sauces. Sprinkle with almonds. Freeze 1 hour before serving.

CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE PUFF PASTRY COOKIES - A

Steps:

• Make sure that you thaw the pastry according to package directions.
• In small bowl, combine softened cream cheese and sugar and mix well to blend.
• Roll one sheet of the thawed puff pastry into a 14x10" rectangle.
• Spread with half of the cream cheese mixture, leaving a 1" border on one long side of the dough.
• Sprinkle cream cheese filling with half of the chocolate chips.
• Roll up pastry, starting at long side, and finishing at the side with the uncovered border of pastry.
• Brush this edge with a bit of water, and seal pastry by pinching gently.
• Repeat with remaining sheet of pastry and remaining ingredients.
• Cover and chill rolls for at least 1 hour. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375ºF.
• Line cookie sheets with foil or parchment paper.
• Cut rolls into 1" thick slices using dental floss or thread, and place cut side up on prepared cookie sheets.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes until pastry is golden brown.
• Let cookies cool for 2 minutes on cookie sheets.
• Remove to wire racks to finish cooling.