Guava Cream Cheese Pastries

Ingredients:

I pkg Pillsbury Croissants

1/2 Pkg Guava Cheese (Paste), sliced thin

2/3 tblspoon water

1 tblspoon lemon juice

1/2 Pkg Cream Cheese (room temp)

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 tblspoon powdered sugar

Rind 1/2 lemon

Sliced almond

Egg yolk, beaten (egg wash)

Whisk Cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla essence, lemon rind

On low/medium heat melt Guava Cheese, lemon juice, water, stirring continuously to create a smooth thick jam

Open unwind Croissant dough, seal seams and cut in half. Roll out dough gently to thin slightly.

Spead Guava jam on one half of the dough; Cream cheese on the other half.

Carefully place Cream cheese pastry on top of Guava pastry (Sequence should be: Dough/Cream Cheese/Guava Jam/ Dough)

Brush top of pastry with egg wash; top with sliced almonds

Bake 375 for 10 mins. Cut into 9 rectangles