Quesitos (Cream Cheese Puff Pastry)
Puerto Rican Quesitos (Cream Cheese Puff Pastry) are flaky, buttery pastries filled with sweetened cream cheese. They're simple to make and impossible to resist!
Servings: 18 quesitos
Calories: 62kcal
Equipment
- hand mixer helpful but not necessary
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- puff pastry thawed
- 8 oz cream cheese
- ⅔ cup confectioners sugar
- 1 egg white whisked
- flour for dusting on surface to roll dough
Instructions
Cream Cheese Filling
- Pre-heat oven to 400°F.Add the cream cheese and confectioners sugar to a mixing bowl and blend well together using a hand mixer. Set aside.
Puff Pastry
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the puff pastry a little or until it measures approximately 12x12 inches.Next, cut the dough into 4x4 inch squares. You should get 9 equal squares to one puff pastry sheet. Do the same with the second puff pastry sheet.
Assembly
- Spread a tablespoon of the cream cheese filling to the center of each square.
- Flip one corner of the puff pastry over filling and press corner down. Then flip the other side over and gently press down on puff pastry to seal.
Bake
- Crack the egg into a bowl. With a spoon remove yolk and discard. Using a fork, mix egg white until foamy.
- Transfer prepared quesitos to baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush egg white on prepared quesitos.
- Bake for about 15-20 minutes or until puffy, flaky and golden brown.
Cool
- Transfer the quesitos to a wire rack to cool. Once cooled, sprinkle with the confectioners sugar and serve.
Notes
Recipe Notes:
Dough: If you don't have puff pastry, use a flaky dough like crescent roll dough.
Cheese Filling - If you love pastries that have cinnamon in them, try adding a teaspoon of vanilla extract and a little ground cinnamon to the cheese filling.
Customize Filling - Try adding a thin slice of guava paste, pineapple, mango or strawberry jam on top of the cheese filling.
Topping - You can also drizzle some honey on top after baking.
Nutrition
Serving: 18 | Calories: 62kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 42mg | Potassium: 19mg | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 169IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 0.02mg