Easy Breakfast Cream Cheese Danish Recipe
This Breakfast Cheese Danish Recipe is going to disappear quickly, and it’s so super simple to make. . Your family will think you made a quick run to the bakery…… but just smile and tell them that you made them yourself!
These Homemade Breakfast Cheese Danish will most definitely taste way better than those you buy at the supermarket!
Ever Wonder why it is called a Cheese Danish?
They are called danishes because this pastry was inspired by a concept brought to Denmark by Austrian bakers and later by Danish immigrants to the United States.
It’s specifically called a cheese danish because the center is filled with sweetened cream cheese.
YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING INGREDIENTS FOR THIS RECIPE….
- Crescent rolls
- Cream cheese
- Vanilla
- Lemon juice
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Water
- Powdered sugar
- Milk
To ensure a smooth a filling, your cream cheese should be warmed to room temperature. This makes mixing the ingredients easier too.
HOW TO MAKE BREAKFAST CREAM CHEESE DANISH…..
- Make the cream cheese filling for the danish.
- Separate dough into eight rectangles (keeping two opposite facing cutouts facing one another) sealing up the perforations between the two.
- Spread melted butter all over crescent rolls
- Starting with the long side, roll each rectangle up being sure to pinch the edges and wrap into a loose circle.
- In the center of each, create a well where the cream cheese will go by punching down a hole with the tips of your fingers.
- Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and top each danish with 2 tablespoons of cream cheese filling
- Spread the cream cheese mixture onto each square.
- Gently fold in each of the corners of the dough.
- Bake until the edges are lightly golden brown.
Change it up a bit by adding cherry pie filling, apple pie filling or strawberry jam along with the cream cheese for more amazing flavor.
Mix a little lemon zest into the cream cheese for another new taste.
The cream cheese filling in this recipe tastes like cheesecake. In just 20 minutes, you have a delicious treat that’s great for breakfast, or dessert. Add this recipe to your breakfast menu today.
To store these Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danishes, keep them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to two days.
People have made these danishes on dough like the following below….
- Crescent rolls
- Puff Pastry
- Doughnut Dough
Crescent rolls are the bomb, aren’t they? Your family will love them. Get your apron on and get ready to make some delicious Cream Cheese Danish
Ingredients
- 2 can refrigerated crescent rolls
- 2 packages 8-ounce packages cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar for glaze
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract for glaze
- 1 tbsp milk for glaze
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Starting with the long side, roll each rectangle up being sure to pinch the edges and wrap into a loose circle.Spread melted butter all over crescent rolls
- Make the cream cheese filling. Starting with the long side, roll each rectangle up being sure to pinch the edges and wrap into a loose circle.
- In the center of each, create a well where the cream cheese will go by punching down a hole with the tips of your fingers.
- Place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper and top each danish with 2 tablespoons of cream cheese filling. Spread the cream cheese mixture onto each square.
- Bake until the edges are lightly golden brown on top and bottom.
- Cool for ~20 minutes, while you make the glaze.To make the glaze, whisk together ½ cup powdered sugar, remaining ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, and milk until smooth.
- Drizzle glaze over cooled danish.