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cream cheese cherry danish recipe

Cream Cheese and Cherry Danishes

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

Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Keyword cherry, cream cheese, cresent, danish, pillsbury
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8 Danishes
Author jettskitchen.com

Ingredients

  • 1 package Pillsbury Crescent Rounds makes 8 rolls
  • 8 ounce 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 butter softened
  • 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar for dusting
  • 1 cup confectioners sugar
  • 1 Tablespoon whole milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit.

  2. 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.

  3. Remove the rounds from package and carefully divide at perforations.

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

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

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

  7. 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:

  1. 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:

  1. 8 ounce cream cheese (room temperature), 1/2 cup granulated sugar and 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

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

Make Icing:

  1. 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:

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

  2. Serve warm & enjoy!