Cherry Cheese Danish Bars

Ingredients

• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 8 oz block cream cheese, slightly softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup cherry pie filling
• Crumb topping (optional)
• 1/3 cup all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 2 TBS butter, cold and cut into small pieces

Glaze

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 1 TBS warm water

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Unroll thawed puff pastry onto a baking sheet and set aside.
3. In the bowl of your mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar on medium speed until smooth and combined. Spread evenly on puff pastry, leaving 1/2 inch plain all around the edges.
4. Spread cherry filling evenly over cream cheese, again leaving it off about 1/2 inch of the edge.
5. Fold plain edges of pastry in, pressing in with your fingers to seal.
6. Sprinkle pastry evenly with crumb topping and bake for about 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown.
7. In a small bowl, mix powdered sugar and water until smooth and drizzle over pastry.
8. Let cool before cutting and serving.