Cream Cheese and Cherry Danishes Easy Recipe

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Cream cheese and cherry Danish made with Pillsbury Crescent Rounds. Super easy recipe! Just unwind, reshape, fill, bake and enjoy! Recipe makes 8 Danishes.

Super Easy Recipe For Making Homemade Danishes At Home; Cream Cheese and Cherry Filling

When I say making danishes at home is easy I’m not kidding. Especially these cream cheese and cherry danishes as they are super easy and I really mean s-u-p-e-r easy!

There is really nothing homemade about this recipe except for the cream cheese. And that is pretty simple to make.

This recipe is so easy it will literally blow you away!

Cream Cheese and Cherry Danishes Easy Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 package Pillsbury Crescent Rounds (makes 8 rolls)
• 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
• 1 can cherry pie filling
• 1 – 2 drops almond extract
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 Tablespoon softened butter
• 2 Tablespoons sugar for dusting
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 1 Tablespoon whole milk

Making Cooking Fun

Making homemade dough can sometimes be a hassle so when you want something quick turn to Pillsbury Crescent Rounds!

If you have kids or watching the grand kids this would be a great Saturday morning project!

Kids are usually up at the crack of dawn on the weekends anyway or at least they used to be. Well, at least I used to be when I was a kid. Not sure if times have changed or not.

No kids at home? That’s okay, my husband and I love these danishes. Matter of fact, I make the cherry ones for him and the cream cheese ones for me. BTW, I did add a dollop of cherry to my cream cheese danish for extra added goodness as an experiment. It was yum yum!

Anyway, these Pillsbury Crescent Rounds are perfect for making danishes and actually it makes cooking fun.

Let’s Get Started!

Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.

Prepare baking sheet by just placing 1 sheet of parchment paper. These sheets are super easy to use. Just pull one out of the box, unfold and there you have it! Takes up less room in the pantry too.

Remove From Package

Remove the rounds from package and carefully divide at perforations.

Just by looking at the photo below these Pillsbury Crescent Rounds have multiple possibilities.

I mean, look at them. They look like they could be perfect little cinnamon rolls. Haven’t tried that yet but you know I will especially when I’m short on time!

Unroll

Working with each round at a time unroll and lightly sprinkle with sugar.

Twist

Take both ends of the dough and twist in opposite directions making a tight rope.

Coil

Take one end and place it on the baking pan lined with parchment paper and coil it around itself.

Thumb Print & Fill

Now, using your thumb or index and middle finger make a center indention on each round.

Fill center with your favorite filling. For this batch I used canned cherry pie filling and homemade cream cheese filling.

Cherry Filling

• cherry pie filling
• 1-2 drops almond extract

In a small bowl combine 1/2 can of cherry pie filling with 1-2 drops of almond extract. Stir until combined.

Spoon into prepared dough being careful not to over fill. Refrigerate remaining filling to make more tomorrow (wink wink).

Cream Cheese Filling

• 8 ounce cream cheese (room temperature)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

In a medium bowl mix all ingredients together until creamy.

Spoon into prepared dough being careful not to over fill. Again, refrigerate leftover filling to make more tomorrow (wink wink).

Bake

Place baking pan in a 350 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven. Bake for 15 minutes or until danish becomes lightly golden brown.

Icing

While the danishes are baking make the icing.

In a small bowl stir together confectioner’s sugar, milk and butter.

After combined put the mixture into a small plastic baggie. Cut a small piece out of one corner of the baggie. Doing so will be easier to pipe the icing onto the danishes. Or you can just use a spoon to drizzle it over the tops of the danishes when they come out of the oven.

Remove From Oven

Carefully remove danishes from oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes before icing.

Amazing Recipe For Danishes; Cream Cheese & Cherry Fillings

Serve warm and enjoy!

I AM EXCITED YOU ARE VIEWING JETT’S CREAM CHEESE AND CHERRY DANISH ROLLS SUPER DUPER EASY RECIPE AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO MAKE IT! BE SURE TO COME BACK AND LET US ALL KNOW! IS IT REALLY WORTH MAKING THIS RECIPE?

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