Up your brunch game with a quick and easy recipe for Fruit and Cream Cheese Breakfast Pastries topped with your choice of fruit.

Store-bought puff pastry has starred in many a versatile creation around here, from the famous baked eggs and sticky buns to tarts and turnovers.
But when it comes to puff pastry’s role in the early a.m., it absolutely steals the show when baked into quick and easy breakfast pastries topped with tangy cream cheese filling and piled high with the season’s freshest fruits.
The Easiest Cream Cheese Pastries
If you can open a box of frozen puff pastry, you can make these cream cheese pastries. They are that simple! I’ve opted to make mine circular in shape, but if you want to make the most of each puff pastry sheet, consider squares (that transform into stunning pinwheels!), rectangles or even triangles.
What Fruit to Put On Pastries
The real beauty of these bite size snacks is that they’re completely compatible 365 days a year with a wide range of fruit toppings.
Opt for plump pomegranate seeds in the winter, hearty rhubarb in the spring, juicy berries in the summer, or crisp apples and pears in the fall. Best of all, they’ll be on your breakfast table in 30 minutes or less.
How to Store Breakfast Pastries
While the pastries really are best served the same day they are made, the best way to store them is in an airtight container or sealable plastic bag in the refrigerator. I avoid keeping them at room temperature since they do contain a fair amount of dairy!
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Ingredients
- 6 ounces cream cheese, at room temp
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (17.3-oz.) package frozen puff pastry (2 sheets), thawed
- 1 1/2 cups fruit (See Kellyโs Note)
- 1 large egg
- Sanding sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400ยฐF and line two baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpats.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese with the sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest and vanilla extract until creamy.
- Unfold the puff pastry sheets onto a lightly floured work surface. Lightly roll the pastry with a rolling pin to seal the perforations. Using a 4-inch round cookie cutter (or glass), cut out four circles from each sheet of puff pastry.
- Transfer four pastry circles onto each baking sheet, spacing the circles about 2 inches apart. Lightly score a circular border 1/4-inch from the edges then prick the centers of each pastry with a fork. Spread a portion of the cream cheese mixture inside the border of each pastry then top the cream cheese with fruit.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the egg with 1 tablespoon water. Brush the edges of the pastries with the egg wash then sprinkle them with the sanding sugar (optional). Bake the pastries for 15 to 18 minutes or until theyโre golden and puffed.
- Remove the pastries from the oven and allow them to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheets before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Kellyโs Note:
- Any type of fruit will work for these breakfast pastries. Opt for your favorite flavors or whatever is in season, such as strawberries, raspberries, peaches, plums, apples or pears.
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Why doesnโt the nutrition info not print with the recipe? I am thinking it use to, but I have been doing a copy and paste so I will have the info. I know that the info changes with the different fruits used, whether fresh or frozen. But at least I have a good guideline to go by.
Thanks for your answer in advance. Have made the pastries with the cream cheese and with lemon curd.
Hi Linda – You can print the nutrition info separately. It’s located at the bottom of the recipe.
Love and offer this recipe at my morning mtgs and brunches!!! Love it with lemon curd and fresh blueberries or kiwi!!!
YUM! I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying the recipe, Poppy!
Can these be made a day in advance and refrig until served?
Hi Barbee! Iโve never tried prepping them in advance but my concern is that the puff pastry would get soggy with the cream cheese mixture resting on it for that length of time. Instead, Iโd recommend baking the pastries the night before and storing them in an airtight container in the fridge. Theyโll still taste great (Iโve eaten them many times 24 hours after making them!). And if you prefer a warm pastry, you can reheat them at 250ยฐF for a few minutes. :)
What were you talking about storing the pastry? Never had this problem. They look and taste amazing!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe, Tatyana!
Really good make me look clever then I am
I’m thrilled you enjoyed the recipe, Monica!
I have not even made any of these recipes that I am seeing – I have to make an ingredient list that says “Puff Pastry – as many pkgs as I can find!” I am just drooling away looking at it all – and “just kidding” – I would leave one or two for someone else to buy (as I would not want to deprive anyone of this) – thank you!
I always have one (or three!) packages of puff pastry in my freezer! I hope you enjoy the recipe, Barbara!
Hola Kelly, tengo idea de realizar el relleno con higos de temporada y queso crema… y tambiรฉn si me recomiendas algo para diabeticos. y veganos. me fascina la reposterรญa simple.
muchas gracias.
ยกLos higos serรญan increรญbles, Jose!