Easy Apple Danishes (+Video)
This recipe for Easy Apple Danishes is made with crescent rolls and topped with apple pie filling and drizzled with icing.
A SIMPLE DANISH RECIPE WITH CRESCENT ROLLS
Most days I would consider myself a lazy baker. Don’t get me wrong, when I get in the mood and have time, I like to throwdown and go all out preparing dinner and dessert. But most days, I want to just throw a few things together and call it done.
TIPS FOR MAKING DANISHES WITH CRESCENT ROLLS:
- This recipe can be used in so many ways! It can be breakfast, brunch or even dessert!
- You can use any canned pie filling you enjoy so it’s easy play around with different flavors!
- Don’t need as many danishes? Just use one can of crescent rolls.
- These can be frozen. Wrap each in plastic wrap then put in a freezer safe Ziploc bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Warm up in the oven, microwave or air fryer.
- To make cinnamon sugar, combine 1/2 cup granulated sugar with 2 Tablespoons ground cinnamon.
- Salted or unsalted butter can be used. It’s your personal preference. I prefer to use salted butter.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- crescent rolls
- apple pie filling
- butter
- cinnamon sugar
- powdered sugar
- vanilla extract
- milk
HOW TO MAKE EASY APPLE DANISHES:
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Separate dough into eight rectangles (only 4 are pictured). Seal perforations. Using a brush or spoon, spread melted butter all over crescent rolls.
Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture (2 tbsp. white sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon)
Roll up from long side; pinch edges to seal. Holding one end, loosely coil each. Coil them up like snakes. Place on cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.
Now, you want to get in there with your fingers and spread out the dough some to make room for the filling. Just pull and stretch and make a nice dent in the middle.
Open can of apple pie filling and using a knife, cut apple slices into smaller chunks. Just keep poking and slicing around until all your apples are cut into more manageable pieces.
Top each crescent roll “coil” with about 2-3 tablespoons of apple pie filling. Sprinkle the tops with a bit more cinnamon sugar mixture.
Bake at 350(F) for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown. For the glaze, in a bowl, combine powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Stir until smooth and drizzle over each warm danish. These taste best when served warm. Makes 8 danishes.
Cook’s Note: This would be wonderful with any type of pie filling. Peaches, strawberry, lemon or cherry would all be amazing. You can just skip the cinnamon sugar part for the strawberry or cherry & lemon fillings. Also, if you don’t need so many danishes, just use one tube of crescent rolls and save the leftover pie filling for another time. Just put it in a container with a lid and store in the fridge for up to a week.
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Easy Apple Danishes (+Video)
Ingredients
- 2 (8 ounce) tubes crescent rolls (8 crescent rolls per tube)
- 20 ounce can apple pie filling
- 2 Tablespoons salted butter, melted (unsalted can be used)
- 3 Tablespoons cinnamon sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3-4 teaspoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F)
- Separate all the crescent roll dough into eight rectangles. (2 crescent roll triangles make one rectangle).Seal perforations.
- Using a brush or spoon, spread melted butter all over crescent rolls.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture (2 tablespoons white sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon)
- Roll up from long side; pinch edges to seal. Holding one end, loosely coil each.
- Place on cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Spread out the dough in the center to make room for the filling.
- Open can of apple pie filling and using a knife, cut apple slices into smaller chunks.
- Top each coil with about 2-3 tablespoons of apple pie filling.
- Sprinkle the tops with a bit more cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Bake at 350(F) for 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown.
- For the glaze, in a bowl, combine powdered sugar, vanilla and milk.
- Stir until smooth and drizzle over each warm danish.
Video
Notes
- Best served warm. This would be wonderful with any type of pie filling. Peaches, strawberry or cherry would all be amazing. You can just skip the cinnamon sugar part for the strawberry or cherry fillings.
- Also, if you don’t need so many danishes, just use one tube of crescent rolls and save the leftover pie filling for another time. Just put it in a container with a lid and store in the fridge for up to a week.
- To make cinnamon sugar just combine 1/2 cup of granulated sugar with 2 Tablespoons of ground cinnamon.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Originally published: May 2011
Updated & republished: May 2019
Dessert, huh? How come I can see myself wanting this for breakfast? Hey, it has fruit in it. 🙂 And thanks for reminding me I need to find that fabulous cinnamon you're in love with!
Hey, you're not playing fair. I haven't had breakfast yet! HA! I love the easy recipe! Thanks!
That looks so tasty. I don't think anyone would ever know that you didn't spend hours in the kitchen making this.
How about just almond paste with maybe some cream cheese? Sounds so good to me….
Followed your recipe exactly – so good!
yummy
Cherry Pie Filling with almond paste sounds like a wonderful combination. This is definitely a recipe that can really be played around with!
Oh my… I am definitely gonna try this!!
Mmmm, these were SO tasty!!
Loved these! I made a few different flavors and all were gone in a flash!
I love the ease of this recipe. Sometimes I don't feel like going all out either and this will be great…because you always have to have dessert!
me too michele, i love cheese danish. maybe cream cheese would work.
The finished Danish is mouth watering.
🙂 Mandy
A wonderful idea, so easy to put together and perfectly delicious!
Oh, man, I didn't need to know there was such an easy way to whip up apple danishes! You may be surrounded by Mounds wrappers, but you may find me with empty crescent roll cans 🙂
That just looks fantastic. Great pictures!
Brilliant idea!!
I'm going to try this!
How perfect! I love this idea! Quick, easy, fruity, flaky – yum! Thanks for sharing!
These turned out good!
What a great idea, Brandie!!!! You are so creative. Gotta try this for for sure!!
Oh, yum! Easy and delicious.
Annie…hmmmm. I wonder too. Good question. If you try it – let me know. I'm sure it could. I think the key is making sure the center gets down (without burning the outer edge)so you don't have uncooked dough in the middle…
I have been all about the shortcut recipes lately. I always want a homemade dessert but rarely have the time to prepare one from scratch. I am going to put this one on my list. I wonder if something like this could be made in a mountain pie maker over a campfire…
I remember you saying you wanted to try it with apple!! YUM! Looks delish girlie! : )