Name: Vegan Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Strudel
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 6 ounces vegan cream cheese (softened); 1/3 cup organic granulated sugar; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 packages 2 sheets pre-made puff pastry sheets (Pepperidge Farms puff pastry sheets are vegan (and others)); 2 tablespoons organic granulated sugar; 1/3 cup almonds (chopped or slivered)

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Vegan Puff Pastry Strudel with dairy free cream cheese is an easy, flaky, lemony, creamy, sweet roll. A great breakfast or brunch treat. You can't eat just one.

Vegan Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Strudel are photographed up-close and criss-crossed on a small blue and white antique plate. A beige wooden mat is underneath.

Your new Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Strudel is one of the best breakfast treats for the whole family. Since you get to start with a pre-made pastry it is extremely simple too.

I will admit I don't make this too often but when I want something a little different from overnight oats or cereal this is a great changeup. Company loves them too.

I have three different strudels on the blog and all use store-bought puff pastry. Sometimes you just need an easy treat.

I'll show you a couple of pictures on down the page. One is apple strudel and one is the chocolate strudel. So ... just a minute.

Mix, fold, sprinkle, bake. Ready to be served or saved for any special day throughout the week. Have a great time!

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📖 Strudel Varieties
🥘 Ingredients
🔪 Instructions
💭 Can you freeze strudel
📋 Recipe

📖 Strudel Varieties

You know those two other strudel recipes I told you about? Well, here are a couple of photos to tempt you and then just click on the link or picture and you'll be transported.

Here is the apple fruit one - Easy Apple Strudel.

Easy Apple Strudel uses a pre-made puff pastry and you tweak it with a few ingredients.

Now, last but not least, Mother's Chocolate Strudel.

Mother's Chocolate Strudel is sliced with chocolate and walnuts showing in the rolled layers of a flaky crust. All served on a white plate.

Now back to simple and slammin' breakfast treat and a couple of photos of the process and what the unbaked strudel looks like.

These Vegan Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Strudel come out puffed and delicious.

🥘 Ingredients

For the strudel

Vegan cream cheese can be store-bought or homemade. Use your favorite that doesn't have extra flavorings such as garlic or chives.
Organic granulated sugar is the main sweetener for these pastries.
Lemon juice just a little bit to add a tangy flavor.
Pepperidge Farm's puff pastry sheets are vegan. There are other varieties too. Just check out the label.

For the topping

Organic granulated sugar gives a little bit of sweetness to the topping and helps hold on the almonds after being baked.
Almonds

🔪 Instructions

Lightly grease a large Baking Sheet.
With a hand mixer, cream the dairy-free cream cheese, granulated sugar, and lemon juice until smooth.
You can do this by hand too.
On a lightly floured surface, unfold the puff pastry sheets.
Cut each one into long thirds (at the creases).
Then cut each long rectangle across the center so that you have two shorter rectangles.
This will leave you with 12 rectangles.
Dollop a heaping tablespoon of the filling onto each rectangle and spread out to about 1/2" from the ends.
Here is how it looks when you've just laid down the filling.

Roll up loosely from the long edge and place seam side down on the prepared baking sheet.
Place seam side down on the prepared baking sheet.
And this is what it looks like when the pastry has been rolled and sprinkled with almond slivers right before baking.

Vegan Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Strudel to bake

Make 3 to 4 diagonal cuts down the backs of the rolls.
The deeper your cuts the more filling will come out. In the photo below it shows another batch I made where I cut very deep and you can see the filling puff out.
They were rolled tighter too. The two styles taste the same - just look different.

Vegan Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Strudel deep cuts

Brush lightly with water and immediately sprinkle the sugar and chopped almonds on each.
Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes.
Remove to a rack to cool completely.

Keeps in the refrigerator for over a week. Good stuff!

💭 Can you freeze strudel

Yes! After they have cooled you may freeze them in an airtight container that is safe for the freezer.
They defrost quickly so it really doesn't take any planning. The microwave will also zap them in 20 seconds.
And .... the oven or toaster oven would work really well too. It will crisp them up but you just want to get that center heated.

Vegan Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Strudel are criss-crossed on a small blue and white antique plate. A beige wooden mat is underneath.

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📋 Recipe

Super Simple Puff Pastry Strudel are criss-crossed on a small blue and white antique plate. A beige wooden mat is underneath.

Vegan Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Strudel

Ginny McMeans

Super Simple Vegan Cream Cheese Puff Pastry Strudel is flaky, lemony, sweet treats for the whole family.

5 from 5 votes

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 25 mins

Total Time 45 mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American, Vegan

Servings Strudel Rolls

Calories 318 kcal

Ingredients

For the Pastry

6 ounces vegan cream cheese softened
1/3 cup organic granulated sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 packages 2 sheets pre-made puff pastry sheets Pepperidge Farms puff pastry sheets are vegan (and others)

For the Topping

2 tablespoons organic granulated sugar
1/3 cup almonds chopped or slivered

Instructions

Lightly oil a large Baking Sheet.
Cream the cream cheese, granulated sugar and lemon juice until smooth. You can use a Hand Mixer if you'd like.
On a lightly floured surface, unfold the puff pastry sheets.
Cut each one into long thirds (at the creases).
Then cut each long rectangle across the center so that you have two shorter rectangles. This will leave you with 12 rectangles.
Dollop a heaping tablespoon of the filling onto each rectangle and spread out to about 1/2" from the ends.
Roll up loosely from the long edge and place seam side down on the prepared baking sheet.
Place seam side down on the prepared baking sheet.
Make 3 to 4 diagonal cuts down the backs of the pastry. The deeper your cuts the more filling will come out. In the second picture above was another batch I made where I cut very deep and you can see the filling puff out. They were rolled tighter too. The two styles taste the same - just look different.
Brush lightly with water and immediately sprinkle the sugar and chopped almonds on each.
Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes.
Remove to a rack to cool completely.

Nutrition

Serving: 1ServingCalories: 318kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 4gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 5gSodium: 156mgPotassium: 52mgFiber: 2gSugar: 8gVitamin C: 0.5mgCalcium: 24mgIron: 1.4mg

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Vegan Puff Pastry Strudel

📖 Strudel Varieties