Looking to make a cream cheese danish, but don't want to spend a lot of time on prep? Try my Pillsbury Crescent Roll recipe for a quick and easy breakfast or snack.
This crescent roll cream cheese danish is so easy to make, and you can top with any of your favorite fruits.
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Why Make These Cream Cheese Danishes...
- Easy
- Use Canned Crescent Rolls
- Quick Cook
- Top with any or all your favorite toppings
- Affordable
Ingredients Needed
- Crescent Rolls
- Cherry Pie Filling
- Cream Cheese
- Powdered Sugar
How to Make
Full directions on how to make this cheese danish recipe are in the printable recipe card below.
Mix up the cream cheese and powdered sugar in a bowl.
Then you will make 8 circle medallions for the pastries.
Add on some cream cheese mixture then pie filling. Then air fry as directed till cooked.
Storage
These danishes can be stored in a container for an airtight feel. You will want to store your danishes in the fridge for 3-4 days.
The cream cheese danishes will dry out as they sit. So they are best eaten within the first few days. These cherry cream cheese danishes are addictive.
Variations To Recipe
- Blueberry Canned Filling - blueberry cream cheese danish
- Raspberry Jam or Pie Filling - raspberry cream cheese danish
- Fresh Strawberries or Pie Filling - strawberry cream cheese danish
- Apple Pie filling or apple butter - apple cream cheese danish
Expert Tips
- Leave space in between each danish or they will not cook the right time.
- Depending on the size you make the cook time will vary.
- Feel free to use any flavor you would like to dress up your danishes
Recipe FAQs
Danishes can be frozen. Just bake them up as directed, allow to cool then freeze for 3-4 months. Thaw in the fridge and eat cold or warm up in the microwave.
You will find using biscuits will change the texture a bit when it comes to making these easy danishes. I recommend sticking to the crescent rolls.
A sweeter dough that is then topped with cream cheese, fruit, nuts, etc. Depending on the recipe you will find the toppings do vary.
Some bakeries might sell pastry dough, but you will find at local grocery stores more than likely you will not find true pastry dough. You can use crescent rolls in replace.
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Ingredients
Supplies
Ingredients:
- 2 cans of crescent rolls
- 1/2 can of cherry pie filling (10 oz)
- 1 8 oz package of cream cheese
- 1/2 powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl. Mix the softened cream cheese and powdered sugar until creamy
- Don’t roll out the crescent rolls but rather cut them roll of dough into 8 medallions.
- Flatten each medallion into 2-3” circlesTop with cream cheese mixture and then the cherries or other fruit you opt to use.
- Place danishes in air fryer basket and cook on 350 for 6 minutes.
- Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from air fryer basket.
Nutrition Information
Yield
16Serving Size
`Amount Per Serving Calories 187Total Fat 10gSaturated Fat 6gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 31mgSodium 164mgCarbohydrates 21gFiber 1gSugar 7gProtein 3g