Recipe for cooking raspberry cream cheese strudel

Breakfast Recipes :: Strudel Pastries and Donuts

Raspberry Cream Cheese Strudel

1 sheet frozen puff pastry
8 oz. cream cheese
4 oz. raspberry preserves
1 egg

Streusel Topping
3/4 c. flour
1/2 c. powdered\sugar
1 tea. baking powder
1/2 tea. cinnamon
2 oz. cold butter, cut into cubes
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring

Place frozen sheet of puff pastry on parchment-lined sheet pan. Spread cream cheese down middle third of puff pastry sheet. Spread raspberry preServes approximately over the top of the cream cheese. Make 6 diagonal slices on each of the outer 1/3 sides of puff pastry (on each side of the filling). Braid one slice over the other, pinching together last braid. Lightly whip one egg and, using pastry brush, egg wash entire strudel.

Combine all topping ingredients in a food processor just until blended and still powdery. Top strudel with generous portion of streusel topping. Bake at 400 degrees F until browned and preServes approximately begin to bubble out.

Makes approximately approximately 10 slices.