Cream Cheese Guava Pastries

Hey guys, I’m Kelsey from Poofy Cheeks and I am stopping by to share a Cream Cheese Guava Pastry recipe! My family loves the cream cheese guava pastries from our local grocery store but truth be told they are pretty pricey so I decided to make my own and they were absolutely delicious. My husband has been asking me to make more for weeks so I decided to make another batch and share the recipe. Don’t be scared by the word ‘pastry’ if you aren’t the best at baking because I used a premade puff pastry and the filling it easy breezy.

These pastries are the perfect breakfast and pair great with a big cup of coffee but they would also be a hit at a church gathering or brunch. Each batch makes 18 pastries and watch out because they will disappear before your eyes!

Cream Cheese Guava Pastry Recipe

Ingredients-

• 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• guava paste (found in the jelly or ethnic food isle)
• package of puff pastry sheets (found in the frozen food isle – I used the Pepperidge Farm brand)
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup of water
• turbaned sugar (optional)

Directions-

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl use a hand mixer to mix the cream cheese and sugar.
3. Lightly flour a surface and roll each puff pastry sheet until it measures about 16×16 inches. Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut each sheet into 9 squares.
4. Place six pastry squares onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet about two inches apart. Place about 1/2 a tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each square and then 1/2 a tablespoon of guava paste over the top.
5. Fold the four corners of each pastry up to the center and pinch together. You may need to repeat with the other four corners that emerge so the filling doesn’t run out during baking.
6. Whisk together one egg and water then brush over the top of the pastries. Then sprinkle with turbinado sugar.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until puffy and golden.

I hope you enjoy these pastries and if you aren’t a guava fan you could always replace it with a different fruit paste or even your favorite jam. I’m sure raspberry would be so yummy!

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Thanks Kelsey! Those look delicious. Kelsey shares such yummy recipes. I’m lucky to have her as a contributor. And, she has some other amazing ideas on her blog right now too. Here are a few I think you’ll love:

I love Chicken Salad and her recipe looks so easy and delicious!

And, she just shared her Entryway Reveal. LOVE the bench, and all the little details that make it feel cozy.

And, with Mother’s Day coming up, you’ll love her Free Printable Watercolor Tags. So pretty!

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xoxo