Most of the time we eat a healthy breakfast. Our staple daily favorites are egg bake and roasted vegetables, and/or berry bake. But once in a while, especially on weekends, we enjoy this easy breakfast cheese danish for breakfast and snacks,
If you have kids, this is also a kid-friendly recipe to make together, and soon you’ll be able to delegate it to them as one of their things to make for everyone. It’s a quick one to learn by heart, so by the second time you make it, you may not even need to pull up the recipe.
Do you remember a short while back I posted a recipe for SHORTCUT APPLE DANISHES? Well, I got such great feedback from that recipe that I had to try my hand at some cream cheese ones. So I tried my hand at a yummy cream cheese fillings and butter my butt and call me a biscuit – I was surprised at how good these turned out. So this one is for all you cheese danish lovers!
Breakfast Cheese Danish
Ingredients
2 Crescent Roll Tubes
1- 8 oz. package of Philly cream cheese (softened)
2 TB butter (fully melted)
1 tsp lemon juice
1/4 Cup of light brown Sugar
1/2 Cup of regular White Sugar
1 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
Glaze:
1/2 Cup powdered sugar
1 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla extract
4 Teaspoons of milk
Instructions
Preheat over to 350F.
In a medium bowl, use a mixer to combine the softened cream cheese, lemon juice, pure vanilla extract and the white sugar until well combined.set aside.
Open your crescent roll tubes but do not unroll them
Use a sharp knife to cut through them- slicing them. Make thick slices.
Lay each slice on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Use your fingers or a small measuring cup to create a small wall around the edge (to hold the filling).
Using a brush, take the melted butter and add in the 1/4 cup of light brown sugar and mix
Brush the mixture over each danish
Dollop even amounts of the filling into each of the danishes
Bake at 350 for 16-18 minutes or until slightly golden brown
Let cool and add a drizzles of glaze.
Glaze
In a small bowl combine all 3 ingredients and stir until smooth, then drizzle over each warm danish
Top with cherry, blueberry or strawberry filling!