Name: Easy Strawberry Pastries
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 4 ounces cream cheese (at room temperature); 1/2 cup powdered sugar; 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1 tablespoon strawberry jam or preserves; 6 strawberries (thinly sliced); 1 (8-ounce) can crescent rolls; 1 tablespoon milk; Granulated OR coarse sparkling sugar

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Flaky crescent roll dough is wrapped around a filling of cream cheese and fresh sliced strawberries in these quick and easy Strawberry Pastries!

I have always had a fondness for cream cheese. Whether spread on a bagel as-is or jazzed up in a recipe to make it sweet or savory...if cream cheese is an ingredient, you can bet I'm going to inhale it! For example, when presented with a platter of pastries or kolaches (for those of you lucky enough to be familiar with those), I will always choose the one that includes cream cheese. So can you guess where I'm going with this today? That's right, friends...I'm stuffing cream cheese into some quick and easy Strawberry Pastries!

Shortcut Crescent Roll Dough

Sometimes simple recipes are the best...and it really doesn't get much simpler than this one!

Now y'all know that I enjoy making things from scratch but, that being said, I appreciate a good shortcut as much as the next gal. And there's no need to toil over homemade pastry dough when you have a can of ever-versatile crescent roll dough in the fridge!

The Filling

Then, of course, there's the aforementioned cream cheese filling, which includes a dollop of strawberry preserves to give it a lovely color and a hint of strawberry flavor.

Finally, there's a layer of gorgeous, thinly-sliced, fresh strawberries. They soften in the oven and meld with the cream cheese for a flavor that's a step up from your average cream cheese pastry.

How to Make Strawberry Pastries

Start out this simple recipe by whipping up your simple cream cheese mixture.
Next, press your crescent rolls into four rectangles of dough.
Divide the cream cheese mixture between the rectangles and spread into an even layer on one-half of each rectangle.
Top with sliced strawberries.
Fold over the crescent roll dough, press with a fork to seal, cut a few slits in the top, and garnish with a sprinkle of sugar. (If you're feeling wild and crazy, you can even make that a sprinkle of coarse sparkling sugar! Not only will it add bling to your breakfast, but that little bit of crunch is such a nice contrast to the tender pastry and the smooth, creamy filling.)
Pop your pan in the oven for for a brief stint and...voilà!

Warm, fresh, (effortless!) Strawberry Pastries, guaranteed to garner ooohs and ahhhs from your adoring family.

These Strawberry Pastries are guaranteed to disappear in a flash, whether that's at breakfast on a lazy Saturday morning, as part of a brunch buffet for guests, or on a breakfast-in-bed tray to celebrate a birthday or anniversary or other special occasion!

Hope you enjoy them as much as well do! 🙂

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