Crescent Cheese Danishes
Ingredients
8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
1/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 (8 ounce) packages of crescent roll dough
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions
Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees and prepare a large sheet pan with parchment paper.
In a small bowl, beat together the cream cheese, 1/3 cup white sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla extract. (I use an electric hand mixer but you could use a spoon if you don’t have a mixer.) Set the mixture aside.
Open the packages of crescent roll dough and do NOT unroll them. Simply slice the roll into 8 equal pieces.
After slicing, place the crescent roll discs on the baking sheet and spread them out a little bit with your fingers so you can see the layers.
Melt the butter and brush over each danish.
Take the back of a spoon or your fingers and push a little well down into the center of each danish.
Mix together the cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle lightly over the top of the danish.
Fill the center of each danish with a hefty scoop of the cream cheese mixture.
Bake in the oven at 15-16 minutes or just until the outside of the danishes are golden brown.
Let cool for about 10 minutes and enjoy!
You can store these in the refrigerator and just pop in the microwave for a few seconds to enjoy!
Notes
If you’re like me and never remember to soften your cream cheese, just pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds.
If you don’t have parchment paper, you can just spray a pan with non-stick spray.
If you’d like to make these a little fancier, you can unroll each cut strip of dough, twist it, then roll it back around itself.