Cherry Puff Food

CHERRY CHEESE DANISH RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°.
• Lay out one roll of puff pastry and cut it in half and then in half again. Making 4 even squares.
• Leaving a ½ centimeter edge, start ½ centimeter in from the corner and cut parallel to one side not quite to the middle. Start from where you cut at the corner and make an L going down the other side but not all the way to the middle. Do this on each corner. (see photo for example)
• Repeat on all 4 squares.
• Mix cream cheese, sugar and Bourbon in a bowl. Put one scant teaspoon in the middle of each corner of the pastry.
• Place one cherry and small amount of filling on each cream cheese corner.
• Dip finger in water and dampen each corner to help them stick.
• Fold each cut corner piece into the middle making sure to press slightly so it will hold. Put one cherry in the middle.
• Repeat with second roll of pastry.
• Bake for 12 min.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Enjoy!

WARM CHERRY PUFF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Blend milk, eggs, biscuit mix, sugar, almond estract and butter in blender for 15 seconds, or with electric mixer beat on HIGH speed or 1 minute.
• Pour into greased 10" pie pan or 11x7" baking pan.
• Spoon cherry filling over the top.
• Bake 25-30 minutes, until golden brown.

CHERRY-CHOCOLATE CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a small saucepan, bring water, butter, sugar and salt to a rolling boil. Add flour all at once and beat until blended. Cook over medium heat, stirring vigorously until mixture pulls away from sides of pan and forms a ball. Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes., Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition until smooth. Continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny., Drop dough by scant 1/4 cupfuls 3 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake 30-35 minutes or until puffed, very firm and golden brown. Remove to wire racks. Split puffs open. Pull out and discard soft dough from inside tops and bottoms. Cool puffs completely on a wire rack. , Let whipped topping stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, bring sugar and milk to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Reduce heat to low; stir in chocolate until melted. Transfer to a large bowl. Cool to room temperature, about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Fold in whipped topping. , Just before serving, fill each cream puff with a heaping tablespoonful of cherries; top with chocolate filling. Replace tops. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate leftovers.