These puff pastry mini cups have a delicious cream cheese filling with some homemade cranberry sauce on the top and some icing sugar sprinkled over them! These are incredibly easy but so so delicious & addictive. The puff pastry cups are incredibly flaky and crunchy. It's a sweet little treat that's perfect for the holiday season! 😍🎄

INGREDIENTS YOU'LL NEED!

Scroll down to the recipe card for the complete list of ingredients and their exact quantities.

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Here are your ingredients,

• Cranberries (fresh or frozen)
• Granulated sugar
• Water
• Orange juice
• Salt
• Full fat Cream cheese, softened 
• Icing sugar/powdered sugar 
• Lemon juice
• Salt
• Vanilla extract 
• A sheet of puff pastry
• One egg + milk for egg wash
• Icing sugar for dusting

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LET’S MAKE STEP BY STEP

STEP 1: CRANBERRY SAUCE

It will be ready in 20 minutes and it’s a great addition to your dinner table. You can make it ahead of time.

• Start by making simple sugar syrup. Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Let it simmer until the sugar is dissolved completely. Now add cranberries, orange juice, vanilla extract and a pinch of salt. Let it cook over medium heat for about 15-20 minutes. Slightly crush the cranberries with a wooden spoon and stir occasionally.
• Remove from the heat, and let it cool completely. It will look slightly thin but thicken up as it cools down. Transfer to an airtight container and pop in the fridge until needed.
• You can store it in the fridge for up to two weeks.

STEP 2: SWEET CREAM CHEESE FILLING

• Prepare the sweet cream cheese filling by mixing cream cheese (softened to room temperature), icing sugar/powdered sugar (sifted), lemon juice, a pinch of salt and vanilla extract. Mix them together until smooth and fluffy. 
• Pop in the fridge to chill. You can also make it ahead of time and keep it in the fridge for up to 2-3 days.

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STEP 3: PUFF PASTRY MINI CUPS

• Take a 12-hole mini tart tin and grease each hole with oil or butter and set aside.
• Unroll the puff pastry sheet and cut out circles, using a 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter. Now take a small bottle cap and make an impression of a circle in the centre of each big cut-out circle. Use a fork to poke holes in the middle circle. Brush with egg wash (whisk together 1 egg + 1 tsp milk). Place in each hole of the tart pan. Slightly press down in the middle. Reroll any scrap and repeat until all pastry dough is used. Cover tightly the unused pastry dough with plastic wrap & keep in the fridge until needed. Reroll it between two pieces of baking paper and lightly sprinkle the flour if it is sticky.
• Bake at 160C/320F in a fan oven (for conventional oven at 180C/356F) for 15 minutes or until pastry cups are puffed and deep golden in colour.
• Let them cool slightly then press down the middle part of each cup, using the back of a wooden spoon.
• Fill the piping bag with cream cheese filling, snip the tip of the bag and fill the middle part of each pastry cup with it. Top it with cranberry sauce then sprinkle some icing sugar. Serve warm or chill them in the fridge before serving.

HOW TO STORE PASTRY CUPS?

These are best served when warm and freshly baked however leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 days but they will be less crispy.

I hope that you'll try this recipe and you'll love them as much as my family and I do! If you make this recipe then be sure to tag @kaotickrunch on Instagram. We'd love to see your creations!

Happy baking and eating! 😊