Crescent Roll Cheese danishes are a shortcut version of our favorite bakery danishes! Simple but delicious. Dessert or breakfast!
CRESCENT ROLL CHEESE DANISHES
Do you remember a short while back I posted a recipe for SHORTCUT APPLE DANISHES? Well, I got such great feedback from that recipe that I had to try my hand at some cream cheese ones. So I tried my hand at a yummy cream cheese fillings and butter my butt and call me a biscuit – I was surprised at how good these turned out. So this one is for all you cheese danish lovers!
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TIPS FOR MAKING THESE EASY DANISHES:
- If you don’t need so many danishes, just use one tube of crescent rolls and save the leftover cream cheese filling for another time. Just put it in a container with an airtight lid and store in the fridge for up to a week.
- Try adding strawberry or raspberry jam along with the cream cheese. It adds amazing flavor!
INGREDIENTS NEEDED:
For the danishes:
2 tubes crescent rolls
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese (softened)
¼ cup granulated white sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tbsp. butter (melted)
8 tbsp. light brown sugar
for the glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla extract
4 tsp. milk
HOW TO MAKE THESE EASY CHEESE DANISHES:
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. In a medium bowl, combine softened cream cheese with white sugar and vanilla extract. Mixture should be creamy and smooth when finished (like cheesecake batter.)
Separate crescent roll dough into eight rectangles. Seal perforations to make a rectangle.
Using a brush or spoon, spread melted butter all over crescent rolls. Sprinkle each rectangle with 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.
Roll up from long side; pinch edges to seal.
Holding one end, loosely coil each one.
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. Place on cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Top each coil with about 2 tablespoons of cream cheese filling.
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 danishes.
Cook’s Note: If you don’t need so many danishes, just use one tube of crescent rolls and save the leftover cream cheese filling for another time. Just put it in a container with an airtight lid and store in the fridge for up to a week. Makes 8 danishes.
Enjoy!
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Originally published: June 2011
Updated & republished: July 2020
CRESCENT ROLL CHEESE DANISHES
Crescent Roll Cheese danishes are a shortcut version of our favorite bakery danishes! Simple but delicious. Dessert or breakfast!
Print Pin RateServings: 8
Calories: 337kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tubes crescent rolls
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup granulated white sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp butter melted
- 8 tbsp light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F) In a medium bowl, combine softened cream cheese with white sugar and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Separate crescent dough into eight rectangles (there will be two crescent rolls to each rectangle.) Seal perforations.
- Using a brush or spoon, spread melted butter all over crescent rolls.
- Sprinkle each rectangle with about 1 tbsp. of brown sugar.
- Roll up from long side of the crescent rectangle; pinch edges to seal.
- Holding one end, loosely coil each.
- Spread out the dough in the middle some to make room for the filling.
- Place on cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray. Top each coil with about 2 tablespoons of cream cheese filling.
- 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.
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Nutrition
Calories: 337kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 448mg | Potassium: 44mg | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 375IU | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 0.7mg
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Yum. Looks fantastic. I cannot wait to try this out. I have all the ingredients awaiting me.
I am going to HAVE to try this one! What a simple weekend breakfast. I think my family will love this!
Look amazing I would like here we have these crescent roll in tubes, is amazing! xxgloria
That is a great response from a recipe. Congratulations! I know being a food blogger and receiving comments and emails is the reason we do this. This looks like an easy danish recipe and one I'd love to try. Pillsbury products make their way into our cart on most grocery trips. Yummy!
woww what a great trick..Fantastic idea and so fast…I adore cheese danish and this one I will have to try..I am still so impressed!!!
These look delicious! I'm not surprised your other ones were such a hit!
Wow – these turned out way better than I hoped!
Brandie – wow! My husband will fall in love with me all over again if I make these for him!!! Woo-hoo! Love this one Girl!! 🙂
Congrats on all of your success from one recipe – it was a good one! This one looks delicious as well!
Brandie…I need to tell you I've been a lurker of your delicious blog for quite some time now and have made MANY of your recipes with 100% success!
Just last night I made the apple version of these cheese danishes and my husband LOVED them. When he says "this is a keeper" I know to file it away.
Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to post these recipes. I know it is a commitment.
~~Peggy Lee
*made your whoopie pies last week*
I am having these for breakfast! They are so easy to make!
my mouth is watering ..looking yummy
Those look amazing Brandie! Good job!
These were SO good! I made your apple danishes too! You are a GENIUS!
Oh my those look delicious as do your other recipes. I will definitely be back for a visit. Love your kind of cooking!
Wow Im a danish freak and I have to make these, Im already thinking about what else I can use for fillings? The list could be endless.
Thanks!!
Those look amazing! Thank you so much for your easy recipes! You make me feel like a good cook and baker and that is saying A LOT!! I appreciate you more than you know and for not making me feel bad for using shortcuts!
Wow these cheese danishes look amazing! What a great recipe!
I didn’t change a thing – perfect!
Cheese danishes are my favorite! It would be unsafe for me to be in a room with all 8 of these delicious gems!!! Great recipe, Brandie~
These look amazing- I am not surprised that Pillsbury is thrilled that you have found one of their products to be so versatile in making breakfast goodies! The best thing about success is when it comes when you are not looking for it-a nice surprise. I have book marked this recipe for making when I have guests and do not want to spend all my time in the kitchen.
Oh I would love to wake up to one of these tomorrow morning! Delicious
Mary
Brandie I made these!! They were so good and my hubby was totally impressed! Thank you!
Best cheaters recipe ever!!
Wow! These are perfection – love them!!!!
Haha, Joy I think the same would be true for my husband! All I can say is yumm-o!!!! I can not wait to try these!!!!!!!
WOW Brandie! Congratulations!! Those really DO look so good and are so easy. You go girl! So it's ok if I call you biscuit? lol
What a great recipe! Would you come over to my party "Cast Party Wednesday" and share some of your recipes?
Thanks,
I hope to see you there!
Wow, They look so good.
Thanks for the easy recipe.
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HAHAHAHAHA!!! "Butter my butt and call me a biscuit" Girl that just made my day! Love you so much! haha!
And my hubby loves this recipe as this is his FAVORITE type of danish! I will have to try this asap!
Wow these look awesome, I will definitely be trying these next week. I already have crescent rolls in the freezer! Thanks!
mmm! What a tasty treat! Every Friday someone drops off cheese danishes to our department at work and I'm dying for one now. Of course, your homemade ones look even better!
I LOVE a good cheese danish… and these look so good. I love that the recipe is simple but has the impact of taking much longer. I can't wait to try these:)
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I love cheese danish! These look so yummy!
Mmmmm, I just love cheese danish 🙂 Love, love love! Thanks for the idea 🙂
You are OFFICIALLY my new best friend! Ohmygosh those sound and look DELICIOUS! Thanks so much for sharing!
OH Another great EASY recipe!!! I have been making Pillsbury Crescents my go-to shortcut for years. Now a cheese danish !!! I just might love you!! lol
OH MY WORD!!! I just made these & love them. This will be on my go to list for the times that I have overnight visitors. Thank you!
Bet my husband would LOVE these!
Made these danishes tonight! Super simple and soooooo delicious. I'm not much for pastries usually but my husband is and they were a hit with both of us. Recipe was simple enough my 4 year old son practically made them for us with a little help. Can't wait to try more of your recipes!!
Yum!! Made these this morning! Delish!
I made these last night and they were delicious!
That is wonderful Stephanie! Thank you for taking the time to come back & let me know how they turned out for you!
These are absolutely amazing. I LOVE cream cheese danishes. This recipe has ruined all store bought danishes for me =) Thanks so much! I posted this recipe (linked back to you of course) on our food blog BetterThanBurgers.net
Thanks again for a fabulous recipe! ~Dayna~
I just found this blog post through pinterest…and I'm drooling! So simple and I can already tell they'll taste great! Will definitely make these soon!
Yummy!!! Can't wait to try these!
Looks so delicious and I will try this….Yummy
I'm a little obsessed with cheese danishes and these look amazing! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Megan
these look AMAZING!! Does anyone know if I could freeze these once made? I would love to have them to just pop out of the freezer, thaw and eat for breakfast if I can make a big batch of them! Thanks for posting!
oh my heaven! sooo delightfully yummo!!! thanks for sharing !
I know what you mean about emails. I don't get them or comments hardly on my blog. I do get a few comments but not many. So I understand how excited you were!
Man this recipe simply sounds awesome! I have GOT to try this because I LOVE cream cheese danish! I think Splenda is even making brown sugar these days to. 🙂 Going to print this one out!!!! lol Thanx for sharing!!!!
THESE WERE GREAT – THANKS! MADE THEM TO YOUR RECIPE.
Made these tonight for my husband to take to work tomorrow… I don't even want to send the rest!! So easy and SO good!!
I'm drooling!
Wow, these look amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your wonderful recipes with us!!
These are a MUST try!! As I type, they are fresh out of my oven and they are heavenly!! Thank you so much for such a fantastic and super easy recipe!!
Thank you so much Brandi! So happy you like them!!
I am definitley gonna try this over the weeeknd…
Yay!! So happy to hear they turned out good for you!!
Thank you so much for posting these. I made them last night. I just wanted to say they are easy and soooo yummy. I made them with the crescent rounds and was a worried because they looked so small right out of the package, but they do spread out well when you put the melted butter on them and spread them out with a spoon and they puff up quite nicely in the oven. I would say mine turned out about 2 1/2 – 3 inches round.
Thank you for this recipe! I found this site on pinterest. I made it tonight. It is delicious! I only made 4 because I only had one tube of crescent rolls. My husband and I each had one for dessert and will be having one each for breakfast in the morning. Such an easy recipe and it was the best cheese danish I've had in a long time! Thank you!
Erin, I'm so glad you found your way over here from Pinterest! Happy to have you here and I'm so happy to hear you loved this recipe!
I just saw your recipe tonight and had all the ingredients in the house. Hubs was looking for something sweet for dessert so I tried them out. He's loving every bite. Thanks so much!
Oh my favorite made easy! love it thanks.
Amazing Recipe! They actually do taste better than store bought! I ate one gooey out of the oven and thought this recipe was good enough to keep but when I ate one later at room temp….Oh man, DELISH!!!! These would make a great dish for company as well. Thanks for the recipe! 5 stars!
Hi Anne!! Thank you so much for letting me know how they turned out for you. So glad to hear you liked the taste of them with Splenda too!
I love Danish but my favorite would be coconut custard Danish use to have a recipe for them but cant find it..would you happen to have a recipe for them??? please help Love all recipe I have tried sooo far…keep them coming..thank you
Made these this morning after finding it on pinterest. They were fabulous, all 4 of us agreed! I made 2 minor adjustments tho, traded splenda for sugar and used about 1/2 of brown sugar just because I'm trying to cut back. This is definitely a keeper!! Thank you!
Tried these this weekend and they were very good (and easy to do as you said). Pillsbury has a "light" crescent roll, which I used, and also substituted Neufchatel for the cream cheese–like to cut a few calories where I can without compromising on taste.
so what if you were to add a little lemon curd with the cream cheese & make a lemon cheese danish? mmm, you do have something pretty cool here, lots of possibilities!
Thanks for sharing so generously!
Hey, I found you on pinterest. I love this recipe!
These are to die for!!! Made them last night and they are already gone! Thanks for an awesome recipe! It's a keeper!!
Congrats on winning the Shortcut Recipe contest from Gooseberry Patch! I will have to make these!! I LOVE cheese danishes and haven't indulged in one in ages.
These look yummy! I am curious though, have you ever tried spreading the cream ch. filling on the crescents before rolling them up? Would it work the same way, or is the filling too soft to stay inside that way?
This recipe looks amazing. Has anyone commented or have you tried to use Fat Free Cream Cheese and Reduced Fat Crescents? I may try that this weekend. If I do I will let you know the way they turn out.
I think I'm in love!!!!!! I spend ridiculous amounts of money on berry and cheese danishes. This will definitely be a hit! Now if you can come up with something close to Ben and Jerry's strawberry cheesecake ice cream before I go broke buying it I would be a happy lady!
Ps. Made your make n cheese delicious
I made these for fathers day they were scrumptious. I added a bit of cherry jam on top, they were really a hit, thanks for the recipe.
These are going to become a must make for me!
I have made these several times! My husband loves them! Thanks for the great recipe 🙂
These are SO easy and SO delicious!!! I have had em pinned for a hot minute, but was waiting for the right time to make em because I knew I was going to want to eat them all the second they came outta the oven. Perfectly perfect. Just loved em to peices. I even made them vegan! Thank you so much for posting, I can't wait to make em again and again.
These look so good…and easy!
Im pinning to make them soon!
Just made ate 3 right away! Easy to make sooooo gooood!! I did not have confectionary sugar i put white sugar in magic bullet and it saved the day ! Just not my waistline ;(
Hi, I would like to say that a substitution of Truvia baking sugar mix works well in the cheesecake filling. Lowering the carbs content just a little. My husband could not tell the difference.
Oooooh my! These are amazing! Cheese danishes are one of my favorites, but I try to stay away from them when watching my weight. This recipe allows me to make them at home with lower fat ingredients (reduced fat crescents & fat free cream cheese). I can't thank you enough!! 🙂
I can't find Holly's recipe for apples and cream cheese danishes.Help,please!
Maybe my expectations were too high, but I thought these tasted a little too much crescent roll-y and not enough danish-y. I'll have to give the apple ones a try, though.
These were awesome!!! The only things I might tweak next time would be to use reduced fat cream cheese, and to use a little less vanilla extract on the glaze. But I made 6 of them and have eaten all of them but one. So yummy!!!
Just made them and they are scrumptious. I have found my new love for breakfast 🙂 and all the recipe look great on here!
These are so yummy!! Made them for breakfast and I will be making them again for sure!!
Hey Brandi,
Big fan of yours but a quick question. Can these or the Apple Danish be froze, thawed and heated after they are baked or maybe froze before baking and if so do you have instructions for doing it?
Great recipe! Just made 'em (used one can of rolls and will be making again later this week!) Note: I added the zest of one lemon into the cream cheese mixture…even better! May try the zest of an orange for another batch?
Well, I have to say these are the best things I've put in my mouth in a long time. I had one can of the regular crescents and one can of the Grands crescents but the amount of cream cheese was perfect. I put some blueberries on a couple during the last ten minutes. I am never, ever disappointed with your recipes. You are my "goto" site for ideas now. Love you, Darlin'.
Yum! Love that! Thank you so much Granny K – love you too! 🙂
Tonight is my second time making these Amazing, Mouthwatering, Dabomb cheese danishes. Yummmy…yummy!!
ohhhh myyyy goodness!!! does this ever look delish!!! I just may place a little bit of cherry pie filling on top as I love that together with the store-bought Danish … ty so much for sharing this recipe! 🙂
Boy do these look tasty. Judith has a good idea–place cherry pie filling on top. But… I could eat these just as they are. Thanks for the post.
These are so great and easy to make everyone loved them. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Yay! So happy everyone enjoyed them! Thank you for coming back to let me know how they turned out for ya!
These were fantastic. You nailed it.
Excellent recipe!!! Super easy! We loved them, thank you!
I can't wait to make these this weekend
Made these today and they were fantastic!! So easy and yummy!! Next time I think I will try making them with cherry pie filling on top of the cream cheese, can't wait to try them!!
I accidentally made these with cinnamon instead of brown sugar – just wasn't paying attention. Good news is that it was still delicious!
Just had a cheese Danish, fresh from the oven. They are delicious but I had a little bit of a hard time making them. The dough was sort of soft and sticky. The seams kept coming apart when I was rolling them up & the brown suger was going everywhere. They came part again when I was forming them into the pinwheel. They just wouldn't stick together, just stuck to my fingers! I was able to form the well ok, for the most part.
Despite all the troubles, they came out beautiful, to me, anyway! And tasted great! My husband and I couldn't wait and each are one before dinner! Thanks!
My eight year old daughter and I just made these and they are fantastic! In fact, my kids insisted I come on here and thank you for the recipe. So, thank you. 🙂
Leigh, I'm dying, that is the sweetest! Thank you so much!! So happy y'all loved it and that they told ya to come and let me know!
These are in the oven has I type. Look good and so easy. Can't wait to try the cherry ones too. TFS!
I just made these and they're fresh out of the oven. The house smells great too! My husband and I absolutely love these! They are absolutely decadent!!! This recipe is definitely a keeper!!!
I'm going to combine the apple with the cheese filling (underneath it). I'll bet that will be awesome. Thanks for such a great recipe!
Love your recipes!! Simple yet delish!! Please keep the recipes coming. Loving this site!!
Just made them and they are so good !
I added a tsp of raspberry preserve on top!
Tnank you for the recipe, it's a keeper!
I once made something very similar to this except instead of making it into a crescent roll type after you make it into the square you put the cream cheese filling in the center and squeeze the sides together the rest of the recipe of the same I'll have to try both ways because my mouth is watery right now and I've been thinking of making me the other ones for quite a while I just lost my recipe and I now have we found it thank you
Brandie, I just finished making them, Dilish. I do think that my cheese mix was a bit to loose? Did I mess that up? LOL!
Hello, at Union Station in Washington, DC there's a bakery that sells cherry cheese danishes. Your cheese danish recipe reminded me of them. Can you combine the cheese and cherry into one danish? :
Thank you for your Military service. I am Navy Retired and understand the lifestyle.
Made these today an they were absolutely delicious! Thanks for such a wonderful recipe!
Made these today and they were absolutely delicious! Thanks for the wonderful recipe!
so many possibilities from this recipe i might try 1 spoonful of cream cheese filling and add 1 spoonful of cherry pie filling or blueberry
Just made these. Oh, my! Your recipe is perfect. I added the cream cheese filling, then, put a couple of teaspoons of blueberry pie filling on top of that. HEAVEN!! I’ve seen a lot of other bloggers have copied your recipe since you created this years ago. But I know you are the original so I share YOUR recipe with friends. Thank you for all you do. I’ve been a HUGE fan for a long time!!
Tremendous, love these. I don’t think I ever need to buy a pre made cheese danish again , thanks.
Woo hoo! Love hearing that Ted!
Made these today! Beautiful results from a simple easy process, thanks for the great recipe! I wish I could share my phosphate with you all!
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These are INCREDIBLE. I have never been a huge fan of traditional danishes because the pastry always seems to be too dry, but the awesome moist Pillsbury dough is so soft and fresh these taste like a true delicacy! I lessened the cream cheese and replaced it with raspberry preserves on half, and those were amazing as well. First time on your site and will definitely be back for more!
These were amazing! Easy to make. I’ve tried similar recipes and they were not that good. This one is a keeper! Thank you!
So happy you loved these!! Thank you Debbie!
Can these be frozen for breakfast on the go.
Hi Pam, I don’t see why not! 🙂
Oh my goodness! Absolutely delicious! I added a little fresh lemon peel to the cream cheese and in the glaze I used Almond extract, I put these glazed into the fridge to chill. Will be making these again!!
Turned out perfect! I’ve had problems baking at the high altitude I live in and these came out perfect and extra scrumptious! DELICIOUS! Thank you so much!! Can’t wait to try more of your recipes! 🙂
Thank goodness it turned out good for you! Always love hearing how things turn out in high altitudes since I get that question often! 🙂
Delicious. Have you ever made one with strawberries? If so what kind? I always seem to have to bake them longer.
So I’m 57 years old and NEVER have baked or made much from basically scratch, even though these are packaged crescent rolls so not technically scratch I have one suggestion and I hope I don’t sound stupid here, but maybe you should separate the ingredients for the glaze? I was making this and of course in this day and age, didn’t read the entire recipe trying to cut corners and speed things up lol just went direction by direction. When it says to add the white sugar, duh I just added ALL the white sugar, powdered and granulated hahaha then I get to the end and read about a glaze?? Huh? Nobody told me there was a glaze hahaha So yeah, I’m hoping that I’m not the only goofball that doesn’t know the difference of white sugar vs powdered sugar and thought that separating the ingredients to show that there are two uses for each vanilla measurement etc might help people such as myself 🙂 Can’t wait to sink my teeth into these but I know my cream cheese will be EXTRA sweet with the added powder sugar lol
Love your comment Stacee! You had me cracking up! You aren’t alone – trust me! So happy you ave it a try!!
Where have these been my whole life?! OHH EMM GEE!! AMAZING! These will be a new staple in our home. Can’t wait to make them again. May have to do 3 cans next time! Thank you for the recipe!
Tinna
Woo hoo!! Love hearing that Tinna! Thank you!!
Turned out great! Very easy.
Made these this morning. I added a dollop of raspberry jam to half of them before baking. They were all delicious. Thanks for one of my new favorite recipes!
Made these this past weekend. Did half cream cheese and half cream cheese with homemade strawberry jam. Used less sugar in cream cheese mixture and needed to cook for almost 30 minutes to get done but other than that it was an easy simple weekend breakfast! Will be making again!
We loved making this last weekend. We are going to make it again soon. So yummy. I am pregnant right now and craving all kinds of things. This is great.
Could you prepare these the night before and bake in the morning?
These have my name written all over them. They look soooooo good!
Thank you. Thank you. These are wonderful and You have given me Some great ideas. Going to use your base with orange or lemon flavoring plus zest of which ever I choose Going to a add cream cheese mixture inside before rolling But will David a tablespoon for each roll. Will have to make 11/2 recipe. Thank you