This delicious and easy Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danish recipe will satisfy your breakfast sweet tooth! They're made with crescent dough and are stuffed with a simple homemade cream cheese filling.
Crescent roll cream cheese danishes are so simple to make- they take only 20 minutes from start to finish! My kids love adding rainbow sprinkles to make a fun, sweet breakfast. They turn our "I'm not hungry" mornings into ones where they ask for a second helping! They're one of our favorites next to nutella stuffed crescent rolls and strawberry toast.
You probably also have everything you need on hand since I use pantry staples: Pillsbury crescent dough, cream cheese, vanilla extract, sugar, and egg.
Ingredients
- Pillsbury crescent dough: or use a generic brand.
- Cream cheese
- White sugar: substitute with brown sugar or coconut sugar.
- Vanilla extract
- Egg white
- Rainbow sprinkles: optional, but they make it fun for the little ones!
Instructions
Making our danishes is so simple! It takes 5 minutes of preparation about less than 15 minutes to cook.
STEP 1: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking oil. Unpackage the crescent dough and lay it flat on a lightly floured counter. Tear apart the individual triangles to make small rolled crescents or form two triangles into one large rectangle to make open-faced danishes. Fold in the edges of the rectangles to create a raised edge.
STEP 2: Make the cream cheese filling. Using a fork, mix room temperature cream cheese, white sugar, vanilla extract, and the egg white in small bowl until the mixture is smooth.
STEP 3: Spread the cream cheese mixture onto the center of the rectangle crescent dough. Scoop 1 to 2 tablespoons onto the short side of the triangle crescents and top with rainbow sprinkles, as shown below.
STEP 4: Roll the triangle crescents up tightly. You can also top them with rainbow sprinkles if desired.
STEP 5: Bake for 10-12 minutes. The dough will be golden brown and the cream cheese filling will be set when they are done. Remove from the oven and when still warm, add sprinkles on top of the filling of the open-faced danishes.
Serve warm, with melted butter for dipping or whipped cream for topping. A sprinkle of powdered sugar also tastes great. Enjoy!
Recipe Tips
- Don't add the sprinkles on top of the filling before baking. The colors will bleed and the sprinkles will melt a bit.
- Make them egg-free by eliminating the egg white in the cream cheese mixture. This will make the filling a little more runny after being baked, because the egg helps to set the filling.
- Store leftovers at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 2 days. They can be frozen for up to 3 months.
Recipe
Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danish
Equipment
- cookie sheet
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 package crescent dough
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ egg white
- rainbow sprinkles, optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375° Fahrenheit and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking oil. Unpackage the crescent dough and lay it flat on a lightly floured counter. Tear apart the individual triangles to make small rolled crescents or form two triangles into one large rectangle to make open-faced danishes. Fold in the edges of the rectangles to create a raised edge.
- Make the cream cheese filling. Using a fork, mix room temperature cream cheese, white sugar, vanilla extract, and the egg white in a small bowl until the mixture is smooth.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture onto the center of the rectangle crescent dough. Scoop 1 to 2 tablespoons onto the short side of the triangle crescents and top with rainbow sprinkles. Roll the triangles tightly and top with more sprinkles.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the dough is golden brown and the cream cheese filling is set.
- Remove from the oven and top the open-faced danishes with sprinkles while still warm.
Jerika says
I'm a sweet tooth.:) and so with my family. I'm sure we will love this Crescent Roll Cream Cheese Danish recipe.:) Looks so yummy!:) Thanks.
Kayla DiMaggio says
Yum! These were so much fun to make! I had a blast and the whole family loved it!
nancy says
this is so fun to make with the kids and they love it too!
Brittany Fiero says
This is a fun recipe that the whole family can enjoy! My son loves to add sprinkles.
Agnieszka says
My 3-year old daughter loves making crescents on Saturday mornings. I think we'll step up our game with these this weekend!!
Amy Liu Dong says
Looks so delicious. I definitely make this for my kids, and I am sure they will love this.
Jacqueline Debono says
Love this fun breakfast sweet treat. Pinning for when my grandson comes to visit!