Quesitos / Cream Cheese Pastries

These pastries are sure to please everyone. The main ingredients are puff pastry and cream cheese. Quesitos or cream cheese pastries are typical of Puerto Rico. Usually, they are sold in 'panaderias' (town bakeries). Now, you'll be able to make your own!

Ingredients:
2 sheets of puff pastry (cold, NOT frozen)
8 oz cream cheese
3 tbsp granulated sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
1/4 cup light corn syrup (if you prefer egg wash instead: 1 egg plus 1 tbsp water or milk)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour (to flour work surface)
Water to seal the dough

Tools:
Rolling pin
Hand mixer
Rubber spatula
1 Mixing bowl
Pizza cutter or knife
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Estos pastelitos complacerán a todos. Los ingredientes principales son hojaldre y queso crema. Los quesitos son tipicos de Puerto Rico. Usualmente, los quesitos see venden en panaderias locales. Ahora, puedes hacer tus propios quesitos en casa!

Ingredientes:
2 hojas de hojaldre (fries, no congeladas)
8 oz queso crema
3 cda azúcar granulada
1 cda vainilla
1/4 taza de jarabe de maíz ligero
1/4 taza de harina de todo uso (para la superficie en done trabajará la masa)
Agua (para sellar la masa)

Equipo:
Batidora de mano
Rolo para estirar
Espatula de goma
1 bowl para mezclar
Cortador de pizza o cuchillo


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