Cream Cheese Danish Pastry is a rich, decadent breakfast pastry that your family will love and your company will be overjoyed that you shared with them. It’s also very quick and easy to put together. Luscious cream cheese filling in between crescent rolls with a satisfying powdered sugar icing makes this one of the most spectacular recipes you will ever taste.

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I was given this recipe about 12 years ago–long before the Sopapilla Cheesecake craze, but it is very similar to that in taste–minus the cinnamon-sugar topping. I got this recipe from a coworker, Sharon Cofield, when we worked next to each other at the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

She provided a going-away brunch for me as I was leaving that job and getting ready to start work at Dallas Baptist University in May 2000 so I could help get my kids through college. Everything Sharon made that day was fantastic and I got 3 of the recipes and still use them. But this one is the one that gets the most service! You’ll see why when you choose to make it.

If you’re looking for a fantastic holiday breakfast entree, then please consider Cream Cheese Danish Pastry. It’s ooey, gooey and delicious!

When I initially posted this recipe in July 2012, I had only been blogging for a month. My pictures were taken with a cheap iPhone 3 and were less than pleasing even if the staging was okay. As a result of the poor quality of my first year blog pictures, I’ve been remaking all those recipes and retaking pictures so they are more pleasing and enjoyable to look at.

I recently remade this recipe (September 2015) for a large brunch we were serving our Sunday school class and it went over extremely well. It was so well received that almost all of it was eaten that morning and we had tons of food there that day. Try it, and you’ll see why it will be gobbled up quickly.

Cream Cheese Danish Pastry tastes as delicious as it looks!

Cream Cheese Danish Pastry is an amazing holiday breakfast entree.

You will love this fabulous pastry for breakfast with hot tea or coffee.

Here’s what I did.

I used these ingredients.

Unroll 1 can of crescent rolls and pat into a 9×13″ baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.

Mix cream cheese, egg yolk, sugar and vanilla in bowl.

Mix ingredients with an electric mixer until smooth.

Spread cream cheese mixture over top of the crescent roll crust.

Press the pieces of the remaining can of crescent rolls together and place over top of the cream cheese layer.

Beat the egg white until stiff peaks form – about 3 to 5 minutes depending on the speed of your mixer. This is what it should look like.

Spread the beaten egg white mixture on top of the crescent roll dough and bake. Bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.

Mix powdered sugar with milk. Whisk to combine and drizzle over pastry.

Drizzle powdered sugar icing over top of pastry.

Cream Cheese Danish Pastry is a fabulous brunch idea. 

This is a wonderful breakfast item for holidays or company.

Here’s the recipe.

CREAM CHEESE DANISH PASTRY

(Original recipe from Sharon Cofield, when we worked together in the Church Starting Center at the Baptist General Convention of Texas)

Cream Cheese Danish Pastry

Teresa Ambra

Wonderful brunch idea. The pastry uses crescent rolls for the crust and topping with a luscious cream cheese layer in between and powdered sugar icing on top.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Ingredients

  

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• 8 oz. pkg. Philadelphia cream cheese softened
• 1 large egg yolk save white
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 cans Pillsbury refrigerated crescent rolls
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2-3 tbsp. milk

Instructions

 

• Grease or spray 9x13” pan.
• Unfold 1 can of refrigerated crescent rolls and spread onto the bottom of 9x13” pan.
• Mix cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla, and white sugar.
• Pour onto crescent roll crust.
• Unfold the other can of refrigerated crescent rolls and layer it over the creamed mixture.
• Beat egg white stiff and spread it over top layer of roll dough.
• Bake at 350° for about 30 minutes. I have had this take as long as 45 minutes before.
• Remove from oven and cool.
• Mix powdered sugar and milk.
• Spread icing over top of Danish.

Notes

NOTE: I have had this recipe take as long as 45 minutes to bake so the middle is not goopy.

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Keyword breakfast, brunch, cheesecake

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Cream Cheese Danish Pastry

Teresa Ambra

Cream Cheese Danish Pastry is awesome! This is a wonderful brunch idea and so easy to whip up for weekend, company or holiday breakfasts. The pastry uses crescent rolls for the crust and topping with a luscious cream cheese layer in between and powdered sugar icing on top. Prepare to swoon after one bite of this delicious pastry.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 40 minutes mins

Course Breads, Rolls and Muffins, Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 15

Calories 179 kcal

Equipment

• 1 9×13-inch glass baking dish
• 1 electric mixer
• 1 medium mixing bowl
• measuring cups
• measuring spoons
• 1 spatula
• 1 small mixing bowl
• 1 whisk

Ingredients

  

1x2x3x

• 8 oz. cream cheese softened
• 1 large egg divided use
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 cans refrigerated crescent rolls
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 to 3 tbsp. 2% milk

Instructions

 

• Grease or spray 9×13” pan.
• Unfold 1 can of refrigerated crescent rolls and spread onto the bottom of 9×13” pan.
• Separate egg yolk and white; set aside.
• Mix cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla, and granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer.
• Pour onto crescent roll crust.
• Unfold the other can of refrigerated crescent rolls and layer it over the creamed mixture.
• Beat egg white stiff in a small bowl with an electric mixer and spread it over top layer of roll dough.
• Bake at 350° for about 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven.
• Mix powdered sugar and milk in another small mixing bowl with a whisk.
• Spread icing over top of Danish while still warm.

Notes

^© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 179kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 4gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.003gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 349mgPotassium: 50mgSugar: 17gVitamin A: 28IUVitamin C: 0.004mgCalcium: 57mgIron: 0.5mg

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