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glass plate of baked puff pastry diamonds with cherry pie filling and icing sugar

Easy Cherry Pastries

This danish-like 3 ingredient recipe is one of the simplest and most beautiful desserts ever-- perfect to serve as a simple party dessert!

Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American, Canadian, French
Keyword cherry, danish, pastry
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 18 people
Author Naomi

Ingredients

  • 1 450 gram box butter puff pastry, thawed and chilled (450g = 2 pre-rolled sheets) or 500g homemade puff pastry (see recipe notes)
  • 1 540 mL can cherry pie filling or 1-1/2 cups homemade cherry pie filling
  • 1/3 cup Icing sugar

Instructions

  1. On a lightly floured work surface, roll out one portion of pastry into a 12-inch (30cm) square (if your pastry is pre-made, it will likely be pre-rolled to this size for you). The pastry should be about 1/4-inch (0.5cm) thick, or a little thinner.

  2. Cut the pastry into 9 equal squares. Repeat with the other portion of pastry so that you have 18 rolled and cut squares.
  3. Take one of the small squares and cut a 1/4 inch border around the inside, leaving 2 of the 4 corners (opposite each other) attached slightly.
  4. Using a little bit of water and your finger, moisten the edges of the pastry on the inside of your cut. Carefully fold one corner of the outside rim over to the opposite end of the inside square, and lightly press to fasten the pieces together. Repeat with the opposite corner. Continue with this process until all 18 pastry diamonds are made.
  5. Set the pastry diamonds onto parchment lined baking sheets, and bake at 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown and puffy. Cool on wire racks.
  6. Just before serving, spoon 3-4 cherries into the centre of each cooled diamond. Dust with icing sugar, and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes

If you prefer to make your own, you can check out my easy homemade puff pastry recipe at this link: https://naomicakes.com/simple-puff-pastry-recipe/

1 kg = 1000g, so a half batch of my homemade puff pastry makes enough to double this recipe for cherry pastries (yielding 36).