Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danish
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Flaky crescent roll dough bakes with a sweet cream cheese dollop and a sprinkling of cinnamon to make these super easy danishes.

Cream Cheese Danish Crescent Rolls Recipe
Also known as Cheese Danish, our Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danish recipe creates a super easy homemade pastry that is fun to serve.
More of a sweet breakfast treat than our super rich and buttery than our Churro Cheesecake Bars this recipe can be made into bars or slice the crescent dough to make round cream cheese danishes.
The simplicity of ingredients is what makes this recipe so special.
These are great for a holiday meal, finger food snack or brunch. Similar to our German Crumb Cake Bars and Cinnamon Crescent Rolls that work well in several situations these cream treats are easy to make ahead of time and refrigerate.

Cream cheese also compliments bread so well in this Strawberry Toast recipe.
Squares Compared To Disks
We tested this cream cheese danish recipe multiple times. We split the same combination of ingredients in half. One half was baked in a square dish and cut into small squares, where the other was make in round disk shapes.
The round danishes make the cream cheese mixture visible on top. Squares sandwich the cream cheese mixture between layers of crescent dough with cinnamon sugar sprinkled on top of the flaky crust.

The squares are more similar to our Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars in look and a little faster to make as no cutting is necessary.
There is a slight difference in taste is where the cream cheese or top layer of crescent dough hits the roof of your mouth first. Each time we served at a potluck or New Year’s Even party the vote was split down the middle.

Eye appeal is the biggest difference in my opinion.
Ingredients Needed:
- Tubes or cans of refrigerated crescent roll dough – Pillsbury or store brand both work fine, price and availability of brands are the only differences.
- Cream cheese – we typically use store brand.
- Granulated sugar
- Egg
- Pure vanilla extract
- Lemon juice – freshly squeezed is our preference.
- Cinnamon

A similar recipe with meat that works great for meals and tailgates is our Cream Cheese Chicken Crescent Rolls.
How to Make Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danish
Keep the crescent dough cold until you are ready to open and use.
Warm dough gets sticky and unnecessarily difficult to handle.
Keep dough rolled up in tubes and slice into 10 equally sized round slices.
Lay flat on a lined baking sheet and press flat. Using clean, wet finger will help prevent the dough from sticking.
In a mixing bowl beat together cream cheese, granulated sugar, egg, vanilla and freshly squeezed lemon juice.

Mix well and spoon into the center of each disk of dough.

We tested sprinkling the remaining cinnamon and sugar mixture over top of the dough and over top of the cream cheese before and after baking.
Sprinkling on top of the cream cheese BEFORE baking yields the best results.
Baked in an oven preheated to 350℉ for 25 to 30 minutes until the crescent roll cream cheese danishes are golden brown on the outside and the dough is baked through in the center.

Wait at least ten minutes before serving. These Danish Crescent Rolls taste great at any temperature!
Storage and Freezing Instructions
Due to the perishable nature of cream cheese store tightly covered in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days.
We do not recommend freezing this recipe as the crescent rolls may become a bit soggy in the defrosting process.
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Hash Brown Egg Cups are a great make ahead recipe that reheats very well.
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Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danish
Author: JenniferIngredients
Danish
- 16 ounces crescent roll dough 2 tubes
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
Topping
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Start with cold crescent roll dough, keep each roll in the shape of a tube. Cut the tube in half and then cut each half into 5 disks creating 20 total slices.16 ounces crescent roll dough
- Place disks on baking sheet and use a teaspoon to create a divot in each disk.
- Mix cream cheese, egg, lemon juice, sugar and vanilla and place evenly sized dollops on top of crescent roll disks.8 ounces cream cheese, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- Sprinkle cinnamon sugar mixture on top of the cream cheese mixture.1 teaspoon cinnamon, 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm, room temperature or chilled for best results.