Who can resist flaky crescent rolls combined with a sweet cream cheese and strawberry filling? These Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish are so addictive!
If you’ve read this blog long enough, then you already know that crescent rolls and I are friends. Good friends.
The best friendships are easy and balanced. They require a certain amount of smoothness and roughness, of lightness and darkness, and even sweetness and saltiness. Like an good-old friend, this Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish recipe is a balanced blend of all the right things. The smooth and creamy cream cheese texture is broken up by the crispy crust ,lightened up with delicious strawberry filling and spiced up with a simple sugar glaze.
There are so many family friendly recipes you can make with store bought crescent rolls here on SA such as Crescent Roll Apple Dumplings or Easy Pecan Pie Bars and I could barely wait to get into the kitchen to make this easy dessert (or they would go on a brunch table very well!). Just imagine buttery crescent rolls, filled with a sweetened cream cheese mixture and delicious strawberry filling. Top them off with a simple glaze to make them beautiful and delicious.
You can make it, little kids can make it, your cat can probably even make it.
Ok, Ok, well…maybe not your cat, but I promise, it’s so simple !!
Who can resist flaky crescent rolls combined with a sweet cream cheese and strawberry filling? These Strawberry Cream Cheese Danish are so addictive!
Ingredients
- 2 cans of crescent rolls
- For Strawberry Filling ( or you can use strawberry preserves)
- 2 cups sliced strawberries
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp. cornstarch
- 2 Tbsp. water
- For Cream Cheese mixture
- 1 8oz package of cream cheese at room temp.
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- For Icing:
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp softened butter
Instructions
- *If you are using store bought strawberry preserves you can skip this step.
- Combine sliced strawberries, 1/4 cup sugar, cornstarch and water in a small saucepan and cook over medium low heat.
- Smash up the berries slightly while they cook, and cook until the mixture is thickened.
- In a large bowl mix together cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla. Set aside.
- Remove crescent dough from container. Do not unroll.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into 8 slices, about 3/4 inch thick.
- Place each dough slice on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Press the centers with a finger or a measuring cup to make a well for the filling and stretch the sides a bit if it is necessary.
- Place a heaping teaspoon of cream cheese mixture onto each danish.
- Add a teaspoonful of strawberry filling.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15 to 17 minutes. or until lightly golden brown.
- In a small bowl, stir together confectioners' sugar, milk and butter.
- You can use a spoon to drizzle it over the tops of the danish, or you can put it into a small zip-top bag and snip of the corner for an easy "piping bag."
- Take the danish out of the oven and allow them to cool for 10-15 minutes before icing.
Notes
I’ll be right over! Crescent rolls and cream cheese are my most favorite ingredients…these looks so inviting and beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us at Weekend Potluck.
These sound so tasty! These strawberries give them such a nice pop of color!
I made these tonight with Neuftachel & strawberry & apple preserves, for dessert. Super easy & my family devoured them. I always have these ingredient on hand & will make them, again, and again. Thanks for the idea.
Good evening Sarah,
I just came onto your site, am I missing something in your recipe instructions. In Instruction #11 to preheat the oven, but it doesn’t say what temperature to preheat the oven at for 15 – 17 minutes. I went through your recipe a few times in case I missed it. But it doesn’t say. Respectfully, Sylvia
Since the oven temp is not indicated I used the the temp listed on the crescent rolls.