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Shortcut Cherry Danish

Total Time
1h 9m
14m prep · 55m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

This shortcut cherry Danish is simple to make with refrigerated crescent dough sheets. Filled with a dollop each of sweetened, whipped cream cheese and cherry pie filling, and glazed after baking, they're delicious without being time-consuming.

Ingredients

  • 1 , 8 ounce
  • 4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
  • 0.25 cups white sugar
  • 1.5 teaspoons vanilla extract , divided
  • 0.5 cups cherry pie filling
  • 0.5 cups confectioners sugar
  • 3 tablespoons milk , or as needed

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment.

  2. 2

    Without unrolling, slice crescent dough sheet into 10 equal portions. Place crescent dough rounds onto the prepared baking sheet. Press the back of a tablespoon into the center of each roll to make an indentation.

  3. 3

    For filling, add cream cheese, white sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to a bowl, and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Dollop filling into the indentations in the rolls.

  4. 4

    Bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes.

  5. 5

    Remove Danishes from the oven. Add a spoonful of cherry pie filling containing 4 or 5 cherries into each Danish.

  6. 6

    Return to the oven; bake until golden, about 9 minutes more.

  7. 7

    To glaze, whisk confectioner's sugar, remaining 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and enough milk together to form a pourable glaze; drizzle over cherry-topped Danishes while still warm and enjoy.

Nutrition Facts

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