Pastelitos de Guayaba y Queso

Directions

  1. Thaw puff pastry squares, covered, at room temperature 15-30 minutes until flexible or overnight refrigerated.
  2. Add cream cheese and powdered sugar to bowl of mixer fitted with paddle attachment; mix on low speed for 1-2 minutes or until smooth. Stop mixer, scrape bowl and paddle; add flour and vanilla extract. Mix for 1 additional minute; refrigerate until needed.
  3. Brush puff pastry squares with water and press into sugar; cut into 4 equal squares.
  4. Place on parchment-lined sheet pan, sugar side down; brush edges with water.
  5. Add cream cheese filling to pastry bag and pipe a line diagonally across pastry. Add guava paste to separate pastry bag and knead to make piping easier; pipe a line on top of cream cheese filling. Lift a corner of puff pastry and fold over filling; take opposite corner and fold on top, tucking end underneath to seal.
  6. Bake as directed below and serve.

Ingredients

  • 12 ea. Pillsbury's Best™ Puff Pastry Dough Squares
  • 3 cups cream cheese
  • 1 3/4 cups sugar, powdered
  • 1/2 cup Gold Medal™ Flour, All-Purpose
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup sugar, granulated
  • 1 1/2 cups Guava paste