Author Notes
Quesitos are a sweet Puerto Rican pastry filled with cheese. It’s deliciously simple - sweetened cream cheese, wrapped in a twist of pastry, with a sweet crunchy exterior. —Sarah | Wisconsin from Scratch
Ingredients
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8 ounces
cream cheese, softened
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1/4 cup
sugar, divided
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1 pound
package frozen puff pastry, thawed (you should have two sheets of pastry)
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1
egg
Directions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
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In a bowl, combine the cream cheese and 2 Tbsp sugar until well combined.
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Take one puff pastry sheet, and roll out on a well-floured surface until you have a 14” x 10” rectangle. Cut rectangle in half crosswise and lengthwise to form 4 equal 7” x 5” rectangles of dough. Place one eighth of the cream cheese mixture on each rectangle, about 2” in from the lower left-hand corner. Spread cream cheese mixture diagonally towards the upper left-hand corner, leaving a little space near the edges of the dough.
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For each dough rectangle, fold the lower left-hand corner over the cream cheese mixture, then fold in sides and continue to wrap until filling is completely encased in pastry. Place, seam side down, on prepared baking sheet.
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Repeat steps 3 and 4 for the remaining pastry sheet and cheese filling.
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Whisk together the egg and 2 Tbsp sugar until completely combined. Use a pastry brush to brush egg mixture over the tops of the rolled pastries, making sure to cover them completely.
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Bake quesitos at 400 degrees until puffed, dark golden, and shiny, about 15-20 minutes. Serve warm.
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