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Vegan Quesitos

Vegan Quesitos - Puerto Rican Vegan Cream Cheese Pastries

Mariela
Vegan Quesitos are crispy, flaky, and decadent puff pastry filled with a delicious vegan cream cheese filling.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Puerto Rican
Servings 12
Calories

Equipment

  • Rolling Pin
  • pastry brush
  • pasta or pizza cutter
  • baking tray

Ingredients
  

Vegan Egg Wash

  • 2 tbsp almond milk unsweetened
  • 1 tbsp agave syrup

Vegan Quesitos

  • 1- 1 1/4 pound puff pastry dough or 17.3 ounce package of frozen and thawed puff pastry sheets
  • 8 oz vegan cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup or more to taste
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 pinch ground cinnamon
  • 2-3 tbsp granulated monk fruit blend

Sugar Glaze

  • 1/4 cup maple syrup
  • 2-3 tbsp granulated monk fruit blend

Instructions
 

Egg Wash

  • Stir milk and maple syrup together. Set aside.

Quesitos

  • Preheat an oven to 350°F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl mix cream cheese, vanilla, maple syrup, and cinnamon. Folding until is well combined. Taste the mixture and add more sweetener if desire. Set aside.
  • Roll and cut your puff pastry dough. See recipe notes**
  • Flour your countertop and use a rolling pinto roll your puff pastry dough into a 24" wide x 15" long rectangle. Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into 12 equal rectangles. Each approximately 4" wide by 7" long. Trimm off the excess of puff pastry.
  • Add about 1 - 1/2 tablespoon of filling. Brush the edges of the pastry and fold. See video for reference on how to fold it.
  • Fold the ends over the cream cheese to encapsulate it in the dough. Brush a little more vegan egg wash over the long edge opposite the side where the cream cheese is.
  • Fold the open side on top of the opposite side and brush more vegan egg wash to seal the pastry. You can fold it like a cigar or like I did in the video.
  • Transfer the quesitos to the sheet pan and brush the tops and sides of each quesito with a thin layer of vegan egg wash. Sprinkle granulated sugar over quesitos.
  • Bake the quesitos in your preheated oven for 18-20 minutes, or until they are golden, not glossy. Let them cool for about 10 minutes before brushing.

Sugar Glaze

  • Brush maple syrup over baked pastries and sprinkle more sugar on top.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

*If you're using the store-bought puff pastry sheets: you'll need to roll each of the sheets out into a 14" wide by 12" long rectangle and cut out six smaller rectangles.
If you would like to make this recipe with regular cream cheese you can totally go for it. 
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