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Individual Cream Cheese Danish
"Small danishes that make a great addition to a brunch buffet. You can also make fruit and cream cheese danishes by adding a spoonful of your favorite pie filling prior to baking. There are never any leftovers when I make these."
photo by Vicki G.
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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40
ingredients
- 2 (10 ounce) cans crescent roll dough
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, diced
- 1⁄2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 3⁄4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon sour cream
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon butter, softened
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Slice (unrolled) crescent roll dough into 1/4 inch slices (as if making slice-and-bake cookie dough).
- Place slices of dough on cookie sheet and make slight indention in the middle.
- In a large bowl, mix together cream cheese, white sugar, lemon juice, vanilla extract and sour cream.
- Add a tablespoon of filling to each roll.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
- In a small bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar, milk and butter.
- After Danish has cooled, drizzle with icing.
Questions & Replies
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how many does this make? -
Do these need to be refrigerated? If not, how long will they stay fresh?
Reviews
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Very, very easy and they turned out so cute! (Cute? Is food supposed to be cute? Well, these are!) I think next time I will put the crescent dough in the freezer for a few minutes after unwrapping it, to firm it up and make it a bit easier to slice, especially on a warm day. I also know now to use an electric mixer for the cream cheese blend; doing it by hand wasn't enough to really whip it up and smooth out the sugar grains (though it still tasted great!). Also be sure to make pretty good size indentions; I had a few that were too shallow and the filling slipped off when the dough rose during baking. (Oh rats, had to just eat those myself when they came out! ;o) I did have filling left over, much to my daughters' delight, so you might even be able to spread the filling out across 2-1/2 or 3 cans of dough. These were great in spite of me, lol, and are definitely going in my list of quick and tasty treats for brunch, coffee hour, overnight guests, holiday trays, or just 'cause. Can't wait to try them with fruit filling! -
Made these for our annual Worship/Breakfast in the Park where we serve a simple Continental breakfast after worship. Wanted something easy to make and easy for people to pick up and enjoy. They were so easy to make, and I made lots of variations ... peach, black raspberry, apple and cheese. The only thing I learned along the way, and modified, was the 1/4 inch slice. My first couple of batches resembled cookies more than a danish. A little heftier slice produced a nice, raised danish. Super easy ... very good!
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Great taste and flavor. Tasted like cheesecake filling! I do have a few suggestions, to make a larger danish (like New York style) break the roll of dough in half lengthwise and unroll half of the dough and wrap it around the other half. Also make a deep indentation because it will puff up. Add lots of filling because the recipe makes a lot and its SO tasty, I found myself dipping my finger into it while cooking! They freeze well too! What more can you ask for??? -
I just tried this recipe and the cream cheese filling was amazing! I've always hated crescent rolls so I pulled the dough recipe from another source and just used the cream cheese part from this one. I tried a couple of other cream cheese filling recipes before and this is definitely the best one! -
My family loved these!! What a fantastic, easy breakfast!! I love that they are so small. I am able to get some eggs and bacon on the plate with these and I feel like I'm giving my kids a nice well rounded breakfast, and they think that they are getting a treat. Gotta love that! <br/><br/>I bought the new crescent rounds, and they worked out perfectly! I did some with the cream cheese filling, and some with just apple pie filling and both were delicious. Next time I'll try some other fillings, but so far the cream cheese is our favorite.<br/><br/>Thank you so much for sharing!! : )
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What a divine idea!<br/>Made some adjustments to my preference, but the idea is solid!<br/>Because I enjoy lots of lemon in combination with cream cheese, I used juice AND zest in the mixture, and used lemon juice instead of milk in the glaze.<br/>Made some plain, some with a tad of blueberry jam, both delicious. Best when fresh, just like any other pastry! -
I cut the recipe in half because I only had one can of rolls that I needed to use up. I think they had a bit of that can biscuit taste but not so bad that I wouldn't make them again. I will. Next time I will omit the icing and add blackberry or raspberry jam instead.
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These were very good. I cut the recipe in half and I substituted biscuit dough for the crescent rolls and the filling was yummy. Thank you for posting. Made for I Recommend Tag.
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wonderfully quick. I used nutella as the filling instead. YUMMY.
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This is definitely a ten-star recipe! I have to say that I made a few changes, but it was because I realized (last minute) that I didn't have two of the filling ingredients (I know better than that!) (rolling eyes). At any rate, I realized I didn't have any lemon juice, so I subbed the one teaspoon lemon juice with 1/2 teaspoon lime juice. I also didn't have the sour cream, so I just wound up omitting it, as it was only 1 teaspoon. Btw, I mixed the filling with my KitchenAid, using the blade. To fill the rolls, I gently pushed about 1/3 of the middle of each roll down with my fingertip, then put a spoonful of filling in each. I baked them for 20 minutes, then added a spoonful of canned apple pie filling (chopped a bit to make smaller pieces). I then drizzled the glaze over (thinned with a bit of milk so it would drizzle) the top of all. I also made some with just the cream cheese. They were all a huuuuuuuge hit! In hindsight, I should have frozen the dough just a bit, but I was in a hurry. I would like to try this with peach filling, cherry filling, and a berry filling. Thank you, ms_bold, for an excellent recipe that I will make again and again. PS: I was happy with the lime flavoring and minus the sour cream, but would like to try the recipe as originally stated. Therefore, I'll just HAVE to make these again and try them as written. Darn. :D
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Ms B.
United States
