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Puerto Rican Cheese Pastry

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PREP TIME
15 min
COOKING TIME
15 min
TOTAL TIME
35 min
SERVINGS
8 servings
Dessert Caribbean Puerto Rican
Puerto Rican Cheese Pastry
Ingredients
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
  • 1 cup white sugar, or as needed
  • 1 (17.3 ounce) package frozen puff pastry (such as Pepperidge Farm®), thawed
  • 1 tablespoon corn syrup, or as needed
Instructions
1
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, or 175 degrees Celsius.
2
Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper.
3
Cut the cream cheese into 1/4-inch thick slices and arrange them cut-side-down on a cutting board.
4
Divide the cream cheese into individual logs.
5
In a small bowl, mix together 1 cup of sugar.
6
Dip each cream cheese log into the sugar mixture to coat it evenly.
7
Set the coated cream cheese logs aside for now.
8
Cut each puff pastry sheet into 3 or 4 uniform squares, with no square exceeding 5 to 6 inches in size.
9
Place one square in front of you, with the bottom left corner pointing downwards.
10
Carefully place a sugar-coated cream cheese log on top of the square, positioning it about 1/3 up from the bottom corner.
11
Fold the pastry around the cream cheese log in a manner similar to rolling an egg, making sure the bottom corner covers the cheese and the side corners face towards the center.
12
Roll the pastry from the bottom up, sealing the roll by brushing a small amount of water in the last corner.
13
Place the rolled pastry on the prepared baking sheet, seam-side down.
14
Repeat this process with all squares, leaving at least 1 inch of space between each roll.
15
Bake the pastry rolls in a preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
16
Remove the rolls from the oven and let them sit for 5 minutes to cool slightly.
17
Brush the tops of the rolls with a small amount of corn syrup.