Description
Homemade cheese danish combines flaky pastry with creamy filling for a delightful morning treat. Bakery-quality results come quickly with simple ingredients and straightforward techniques when you follow this classic recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cans refrigerated crescent rolls
- 2 (8 oz/226 g) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup (200 g) sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg white
- ½ cup (60 g) powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp milk or water (for egg wash)
- 2 tbsps milk
Instructions
- Preparation: Activate the oven to 350°F (175°C) and lightly grease a 13×9-inch baking pan with coconut oil.
- Base Layer: Unfurl the first crescent roll package and meticulously spread the dough across the entire pan bottom, ensuring complete and even coverage.
- Filling Creation: Whip cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and egg in a mixing bowl until achieving a luxuriously smooth and creamy texture.
- Layer Assembly: Spread the cream cheese mixture uniformly across the crescent roll base, maintaining a consistent thickness.
- Top Covering: Gently unroll the second crescent roll package and delicately position it over the cream cheese filling, completely blanketing the initial layer.
- Surface Finish: Brush the pastry surface with an egg wash composed of whisked egg white and milk to create a lustrous, appetizing sheen.
- Baking Process: Position the danish in the preheated oven and bake for 35-45 minutes, monitoring until the surface transforms into a rich, golden-brown color.
- Cooling and Glazing: After removing from the oven, allow the pastry to rest in the pan for 20 minutes, then craft a silky glaze by blending powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk until achieving a smooth, drizzleable consistency.
- Final Touch: Once cooled, elegantly drizzle or brush the glaze over the danish, creating a delectable and visually appealing finish ready for serving.
Notes
- Optimize Dough Placement: Press crescent roll dough gently and evenly to prevent uneven baking and ensure a consistent base for the cream cheese filling.
- Master Cream Cheese Consistency: Blend filling ingredients thoroughly until smooth to eliminate lumps and create a silky, uniform texture that enhances overall taste.
- Watch Baking Time Carefully: Monitor golden-brown coloration closely between 35-45 minutes to prevent over or underbaking, which can impact pastry texture and flavor.
- Glaze with Precision: Adjust glaze thickness by gradually adding milk or powdered sugar to achieve the perfect drizzling consistency for a professional-looking finish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 35-45 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Danish
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 296
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 295 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 31 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 54 mg