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!
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:
½ 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!
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Servings: 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
- ½ 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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Oh my goodness these were FANTASTIC!! Definitely a keeper. Had crescent rolls that were about to expire and wanted to try something different with them. Very simple to follow too with ingredients I usually have on hand. Thank you for this recipe!!
Delicious, will definitely make again.
Awesome danishes! I have never made them before and these came out heavenly! I skipped the icing because it was already sweet enough without it
Made these for breakfast and my husband loved them (so did I). Easy to do and delicious. I put a few drops of orange flavoring in the icing for a flavor kick.
I just made these, and they turned out amazing!!! Such an easy recipe, and you can add fruit or jam to make it a fruity danish. This is definitely my new favorite! Thank you for sharing this recipe
Easy and so good. Did 1/2 recipe and it was perfect!