These Vegan Pumpkin Pie Cream Cheese Danishes have a creamy sweet cheese filling swirled with cozy pumpkin pie spice flavor. They’re the perfect fall treat or breakfast.
Why You’ll Love These Vegan Cheese Danishes
If you’re feeling a little fancy, but you don’t want to exert a ton of effort, I have the perfect brunch or breakfast recipe for you! As a kid, I LOVED cream cheese danishes. I remember them being sweet, creamy, and flakey.
Since becoming vegan, I haven’t had any cream cheese danishes…and you know what it’s about time that’s changed. And now you’ll be able to have them too! Today, I’m sharing a delightful little recipe for the perfect Vegan Pumpkin Pie Cream Cheese Danish.
- Fast and Easy: This recipe looooks fancy, but in reality, it’s fast and easy.
- Store-bought Puff Pastry: Buying your puff pastry from the store is a lifesaver and a time saver. The brand I’m using is accidentally vegan (Pepperidge Farm brand). If you’re not able to find an accidentally (or intentionally) vegan puff pastry at the store, you could substitute store-bought crescent roll dough. It will have a bit of a different texture (less flakey and crisp), but delicious nonetheless.
- Pumpkin Pie + Cheese Danish: It’s a mashup of all the best parts of a pumpkin pie and all the best parts of a cream cheese danish…all made vegan. It’s wonderful!
Step by Step Instructions
There are a few simple steps to making these danishes.
STEP 1: Let your puff pastry defrost from the freezer at room temperature for about 20 minutes. This will help the dough be more workable and will prevent it from cracking when you try to shape the danish.
STEP 2: Make your cream cheese filling. I use vegan cream cheese (I prefer the Trader Joe’s brand if you live in the US), vegan egg replacer (I prefer Bob’s Red Mill brand), powdered sugar, vanilla, and corn starch.
TIP: Some vegan cream cheeses are runnier than others. The mixture should be relatively thick, like in the image below, otherwise, it will run too much when baked. If you find that your mixture is on the runnier side, you can add another tablespoon or two of cornstarch to thicken it up.
STEP 3: Make your vegan pumpkin pie mixture. To make this you’ll combine pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, vegan egg replacer (again, I prefer Bob’s Red Mill brand), corn starch, brown sugar, and vanilla.
Assembly Time
Then all that’s left is assembling the danishes! Store-bought puff pastry usually comes with 2 large sheets of dough.
STEP 4: You’ll want to unfold these sheets and cut each one into 4 squares. You should have 8 total squares of dough.
STEP 5: You’ll then brush some vegan butter on the tops of all the squares. This will really help the dough stick to itself as you fold over the corners to shape the danish.
STEP 6: After folding the corners into the center of the square (to form an octagon), you can dollop some cream cheese mixture into the center.
TIP: Be careful not to spoon too much cream cheese into the center because it spreads a little bit when it bakes in the oven. I found that 1 – 2 tablespoons was the ideal amount.
STEP 7: Next, you can add the pumpkin pie mixture on top of the cream cheese. I put mine on in a swirl with a piping bag, but you could also just dollop it into the center of the cream cheese. Lastly, you just need to pop them in the oven and watch them puff up!
Serving the Danishes
These Vegan Pumpkin Pie Cream Cheese Danishes are
- Creamy,
- Sweet,
- Spiced,
- Fast,
- And so flakey!
This pastry tastes pretty much exactly as the name describes. They feel fancy, but at the same time, they’re super fast and easy to whip up.
These danishes make for a perfect fall weekend treat alongside a cup of coffee or tea.
Storage
They store great in the fridge for up to 5 days, so you can eat them all week long! Keep them in an airtight container or wrapped well in plastic wrap.
MORE vegan BRUNCH RECIPES:
- Maple Pecan Pumpkin Pancakes
- Pumpkin Biscuits with Whipped Maple Butter
- Cozy Spiced Maple Coffee Cake
- Vegan Just Egg French Toast
- Baked French Toast Casserole
DID YOU MAKE THese vegan pumpkin cheese danishes?
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Vegan Pumpkin Pie Cream Cheese Danish
Fast and fancy, these vegan pumpkin pie cream cheese danishes make the perfect fall breakfast or brunch that will impress your guests!
Ingredients
- 1 Package Frozen Puff Pastry, Pepperidge Farm is accidentally vegan
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 ounces vegan cream cheese
- 1 tbsp vegan egg replacer, (Bob’s Red Mill) mixed with 1 tbsp water
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- 3 tbsp cornstarch
Pumpkin Pie Swirl
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
- 1 tbsp vegan egg replacer (Bob’s Red Mill) mixed with 1 tbsp water
- 1 ½ tbsp cornstarch
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Vegan egg wash
- 1 tbsp vegan butter , melted
Cinnamon Sugar Topping
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Remove your frozen puff pastry from the freezer and let it defrost at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- In the meantime, make the cream cheese mixture by combining the vegan cream cheese, vegan egg replacer, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, and cornstarch together in a medium-sized bowl. Mix with your hand mixer or whisk until well combined. *
- Make the pumpkin pie mixture by combining the pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, vegan egg replacer, cornstarch, brown sugar, and vanilla into a medium bowl.
- If you’d like to pipe the mixture onto the danishes, transfer it to a piping bag or a medium-sized plastic ziplock bag. If using a ziplock bag, cut the bottom corner off at a diagonal. If you prefer to spoon the pumpkin pie mixture onto the danish, leave it in the bowl.
- Once the puff pastry as thawed, unfold the sheets and cut each one into 4 squares. You should have 8 total squares.
- Brush a bit of the vegan egg wash (melted vegan butter) onto the tops of the squares. Fold the corners of the square into the center and lightly press them down to make them stick.
- Dollop about a tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture into the center of the dough.
- Dollop about 1-2 teaspoons of the pumpkin pie mixture into the center of the cream cheese mixture. Or if using a piping bag, pipe the mixture in a spiral shape on top of the cream cheese.
- Brush some more vegan butter onto the exposed folded corners of the danish.
- Combine the ingredients for the cinnamon sugar topping together and sprinkle on top of the danishes.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes. The pastry should be puffed up and golden brown.
Notes
*The cream cheese mixture should be relatively thick, otherwise, it will run too much when baked. If you find that your mixture is on the runnier side, you can add another tablespoon or two of cornstarch to thicken it up.
**Store in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 220Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 95mgCarbohydrates: 29gFiber: 1gSugar: 25gProtein: 1g
Nutitional info is an estimate.
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I’M NOT A VEGAN PERSON AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD PUT A SUBSTITUES FOR THE VEGAN INGREDIENTS PLEASE , MARVELOUS LOOKING RECIPES!!
Hi there, I haven’t tested this recipe with non-vegan alternatives so I can’t recommend exact quantities or guarantee results with non vegan ingredients at this time. However, in most cases, vegan cream cheese can be substituted 1 for 1 with dairy based cream cheese. Dairy cream cheese (from the block) is firmer than vegan cream cheese, so I suspect you can omit the ‘egg’ in the filling.