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Cream cheese danish


  • Author: Lisa
  • Total Time: 22 minutes
  • Yield: 16 1x

Ingredients

Scale

Danish

  • 2 tubes of crescent roll dough or rounds
  • 8-ounce block of cream cheese, softened
  • 1 tbsp. of sour cream
  • 1/4 cup of sugar
  • 1 tsp. of lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. of almond extract
  • 1 cup of fruit preserves, optional

Drizzle

  • 1 cup of powdered sugar
  • 12 tbsp milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two 8 or 9″ cake pans with parchment paper.
  2. Stir cream cheese, sour cream, sugar, lemon juice, and almond extract until well-combined.
  3. Open the tube of crescent dough. Do not unroll.
  4. Slice the unrolled tube of dough into eight even pieces.
  5. Carefully place each dough slice in the pan. Using your thumb, make a small indent in the middle of each dough slice.
  6. Spoon about one teaspoon of filling into each dough slice. Top the filling with a teaspoon or so of the fruit preserves, if desired.
  7. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool.
  8. Whisk the powdered sugar and milk together until you get a pourable consistency.
  9. Drizzle the glaze over the danish. Let the glaze set up before serving.
  • Prep Time: 10
  • Cook Time: 12