Foodie Friday: Cream Cheese Danish

Cream cheese danishes are delicious. I had never thought of making my own, and when I stumbled upon this recipe I decided to give it a go. It was delicious and so simple because the crust is made out of crescent rolls!

This recipe makes 8 servings. I baked it in my 9x13" pan and it was the perfect size to cut into 8 pieces. You could cut the recipe in half, do it in an 8x8" pan and have 4 large or 6 small servings. Make sure you refrigerate it if you aren't serving it within an hour or two of baking it. I think the danish is delicious cold, but Jason said he liked it warm!

You will need:

• Danish:
• 2 8oz packages of cream cheese softened
• 2 8-count packages of crescent rolls (I used butter flake)
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• Glaze:
• 1 cup confectioners sugar
• 1 tbsp butter
• 1 tsp vanilla 
• 1/4 cup milk (or less)

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Grease 9x13 pan and place 8 crescent rolls (1 package) on bottom, un-separated
3. In a large bowl, beat together the rest of the danish ingredients and spread over crescent rolls
4. Open second can of crescent rolls and break off 4 rolls individually. I usually let the dough stretch out a little and then place it over the cream cheese mixture however you see fit/pretty
5. Bake for 30 minutes, or until the filling isn't completely jiggly and the crescent rolls are golden brown
6. While cooling, make the glaze by melting your butter and then whisk the rest of the glaze ingredients together
7. Drizzle over the danish and serve once it's cooled

Have some fun with it! Try using the crescent roll dough and reshaping it, maybe cutting it with a cookie cutter, to decorate the top of your danish!