Quesitos (Puerto Rican cream cheese turovers)

Ingredients:
Box of Puff Pastry
1 pkg of Cream Cheese
1/2 cup Powder Sugar
4 tsp Honey
2 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Items: 
Parchment Paper
Cookie Sheet
Cooking Brush

 Procedure:
In a small bowl mix cream cheese and powder sugar with vanilla.

 Cut the puff pastry sheet into 9 rectangular pieces. Add cream cheese mixture in the center of Puff Pastry fold over placing the folding side on the baking sheet. 
Bake for 15 min at 400° or until golden light brown.
Remove from oven with the cooking brush put honey on the quesitos.
Place in oven for 4 to 5 min.
Remove from oven and sprinkle with sugar.
Let cool and serve.

 Makes 18 ct 2 servings per person

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