Raspberry Cream Cheese Pastry (Braid)
With a sweet cream cheese and raspberry filling, this pastry braid is a WINNER! It only takes 5 minutes to throw together, 20 (ish) minutes to bake, and you have a pretty looking and delicious tasting pastry to cut and share.
Ingredients
- 2 cans crescent rolls
- 8 oz cream cheese softened (low fat can be used)
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1 can raspberry pastry fìllìng
- 1 egg
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Open both cans of crescent rolls, and place trìangles of dough wìth poìnts on the outer edges and short edge ìn the mìddle. Use a roller to flatten center.
- Mìx cream cheese and powdered sugar and spread on the center of dough.
- Use a small cookìe scoop to do a lìne of pastry fìllìng down the very mìddle (cream cheese wìll be twìce the wìdth).
- Brìng dough poìnts over ìn braìd pattern and secure on other sìde.
- Brush dough wìth egg , and bake for approxìmately 20 mìns (check at 18 mìnutes).
- Remove from the oven and let ìt cool for a few mìnutes.
- Slìce ìt up, grab a plate and a fork - and DEVOUR!
Recipe Adapted From kyleecooks.com