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Crescent Cheese Danishes

These Danish pastries are so delicious and, what’s more, they’re simple to make! The vanilla and lemon flavors are subtle, the pastry is soft and chewy and the filling is rich and creamy.
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Ingredients
  

For the Danishes:

  • 2 tubes crescent roll dough
  • 2 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
  • 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • ½ cup white sugar

For the glaze:

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 teaspoons milk
  • ½ cup powdered sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F and use parchment paper to line a baking sheet.
  • Open the dough tubes but don’t unroll them.
  • Mix the lemon, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla, until well combined.
  • Cut the crescent roll dough (still rolled up) into ½ or ¾-inch thick slices.
  • Arrange them on the baking sheet.
  • Use your fingers to shape a slight raised up edge on each slice to hold in the filling.
  • Mix the melted butter with brown sugar, then brush this over the slices with a pastry brush.
  • Divide the filling between the dough slices.
  • Bake for about 15 minutes or until a little golden brown.
  • Mix the vanilla and powdered sugar in a bowl, then stir in the milk.
  • Drizzle this glaze over the baked Danish pastries.
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