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Easy Cream Cheese Danish- -Make this once and fall in love. ♡ An easy Danish packed with a cream cheese filling and made in a snap with crescent roll dough. 

This Danish is soooo easy!  It's perfect for a sweet breakfast, brunch or dessert.  I stumbled across this recipe around 2011 when I first started blogging and it has become a family favorite since then.

Ingredients Needed

• Cream cheese
• Crescent roll dough
• Sugar
• Lemon juice
• Powdered sugar
• Milk
• Butter

• Pin it for Later

Recipe Notes

• Crescent Roll Dough?  Yes. You can use Pillsbury or a brand equivalent. If your store stocks them, you can also use the crescent roll sheets. 
• Cream Cheese: Be sure it's softened.  It makes life and this recipe much easier.
• When working with your crescent dough, don't rush it.  It will rip easy.  However, it is pretty simple to work with and will come back together really quickly.
• With that said, if your dough has a few rips in it, that is ok.  Once it bakes, it will come back together.  Plus, your icing will hide any blemishes. ;) 

Easy Cream Cheese Danish

Make this once and fall in love. ♡ An easy Danish packed with a cream cheese filling and made in a snap with crescent roll dough.

Prep Time: 40 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Hands-Off Time: 60 mins

Yield: 12-15 pieces

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Ingredients

• 2- 8 oz packages, crescent roll dough
• FOR FILLING:
• 16 oz cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
• FOR ICING:
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 TBSP milk
• 1 TBSP butter, softened

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 baking dish.
2. Using 1 package of crescent roll dough, lay the whole sheet flat at the bottom of the pan. Carefully, press the seams together and spread it evenly from edge to edge.
3. In a mixing bowl, beat together cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice. Beat until fully combined and creamy
4. Spread the cream cheese mixture on top of the bottom layer of the crescent roll dough.
5. Take the other package of crescent roll dough and again, lay the whole sheet on top of the cream cheese mixture and carefully press the seams together. Carefully, spread or stretch the dough to cover as much as the top as possible.
6. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until top is browned.
7. Let it cool for an hour before adding icing.
8. Make Icing: Whisk together icing ingredients until smooth. Spread it on top of the cooled danish.
9. Can be served immediately.

Written by Erin at Recipes My Mom Gave Me

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