Easy Cheese Danish

Well, it happened! I caught everyone’s cold and it sucks! I was feeling so well, too! Then I missed one day of vitamins and BAM! I’m sick. Oh well, I guess. I think I have a pretty good immune system for the most part, so here’s to hoping this only lasts a few days.

Today’s post is a result from finding crescent rolls and a miscellaneous package of cream cheese in my fridge. I usually never make plain crescent rolls. I always have to make something cooler than that! So, I made a danish of sorts. It’s technically not a danish, but it looks like one and tastes pretty close, so it’s a fake out recipe!

Did I mention it takes 10 minutes or less to make? With only 4 ingredients? Well, it does. My kind of treat.  Scroll down to see all the ‘how to’ photos to see what little effort this takes! Happy Wednesday!

Easy Cheese Danish
yield: 8 servings
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Ingredients:
1 tube crescent rolls
1 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons all purpose flour
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1 cup powdered sugar
4+ tablespoons heavy cream
splash vanilla extract

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla. Set aside.

Pop open crescent roll dough and unroll, leaving crescents in rectangles. On an ungreased baking sheet, lay the crescent roll rectangles together, lining them up width wise. Dough should be almost the entire length of a half sheet pan.

Press edges together to even out edges and seal any holes. Carefully spread cream cheese filling down the center of the dough to be about 2-3 inches wide.

Cut 1/2 inch diagonal strips up each side of the dough.

Fold 1/2 inch dough pieces up over filling alternating sides to get a braided pattern. You may have excess dough once you reach the end of the danish, so fold them in as best as you can.

Bake for 20-30 minutes or until filling is set and crescent dough is golden in color. Cool before removing from baking sheet.

Once danish has cooled, remove to serving platter. In a small bowl, mix together powdered sugar, vanilla and cream to create icing. You may need to add more cream to get the desired consistency. Drizzle icing over danish.

Cut into pieces and serve.

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