Easy Cream Cheese Danish
Flaky, buttery, and filled with sweet cream cheese goodness, these Easy Cream Cheese Danishes are the perfect quick breakfast or dessert! Made with store-bought crescent roll dough, this recipe transforms simple ingredients into bakery-style pastries with minimal effort. The cream cheese filling is rich, slightly tangy, and lightly sweetened, while the golden crescent dough gives each bite a perfect crisp and fluffiness. Add some fruit filling for a gourmet touch! Whether you enjoy them warm with coffee or as an easy sweet treat, these danishes are sure to impress without the hassle of homemade pastry dough!
Equipment
- 1 baking sheet
- 1 hand mixer or whisk
- 1 mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 1 can crescent rolls Pillsbury Butter FlakeCrescent Rolls
- 1 block softened cream cheese
- 1 egg yolk use the egg white for an egg wash
- 1/2 powdered sugar *adjust to your preferred sweetness*
- ½ tsp lemon juice
- vanilla extract
- ½ Tbsp raspberry filling per danish or any fruit preserve of choice
For the glaze (optional)
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp milk
Instructions
- Combine softened cream cheese and powdered sugar.
- Add egg yolk and vanilla.
- Add some lemon juice.
- Set aside.
- Open your crescent rolls and without unwrapping them, cut them while in the log shape.
- Your rolls should be in a circular shape.
- Use a cup, small bowl or glass to flatten the dough into a round disc.
- Brush the dough rounds with the leftover egg white.
- Pipe or spoon the cream cheese filling into the center of the dough. Be careful not to overfill, as the filling will run a bit while baking.
- Scoop a bit of of the fruit filling in the center.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 10-13 minutes or until golden brown.
- While danishes are baking, make your glaze.
- Add some powdered sugar and a little but of milk in a bowl. Mix until the glaze is nice and smooth.
- Once danishes are cool, drizzle some glaze on top.
- Enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 220kcal
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