Description
Homemade lemon raspberry cream cheese danish rolls combine tangy citrus with sweet berries in a flaky pastry. Delicate layers melt with creamy filling, promising pure indulgence for weekend breakfast or elegant brunch gatherings you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tube (8 oz / 226 g) Pillsbury crescent roll dough sheet
- 4 oz (113 g) cream cheese, softened
- ½ cup fresh raspberries
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 tsps lemon zest
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2–3 tsps milk
Instructions
- Filling Preparation: Whip cream cheese with sugar, blending lemon zest and juice until achieving a velvety, luminous consistency that promises bright, tangy notes.
- Raspberry Integration: Gently fold fresh raspberries into the cream cheese mixture, preserving their delicate structure and ensuring even distribution of vibrant fruit throughout.
- Dough Transformation: Spread crescent roll dough flat, creating a pristine rectangular surface that will become the foundation of these decadent pastry rolls.
- Flavor Layering: Distribute the lemon-raspberry cream cheese mixture across the dough, maintaining a narrow margin to prevent filling from escaping during the rolling process.
- Rolling Technique: Execute a precise, tight roll from the long edge, creating a compact cylindrical log that encapsulates the rich, fruity filling and ensures beautiful interior swirls.
- Portioning: Slice the log into twelve elegant rounds using a sharp serrated knife, revealing the intricate layers of cream cheese and raspberry within each pastry.
- Baking Preparation: Arrange the rounds in a slightly overlapping circular formation on a parchment-lined baking sheet, allowing sufficient space for expansion and golden browning.
- Oven Transformation: Bake at 350°F until the danish rolls emerge as golden, puffy pastries with crisp, enticing edges that promise a delightful texture.
- Finishing Touch: Craft a smooth, glossy icing by whisking powdered sugar and milk, creating a sweet complement that will cascade beautifully over the warm rolls.
Notes
- Preserve Raspberry Integrity: Handle raspberries gently to prevent crushing, maintaining their delicate texture and vibrant appearance in the filling.
- Dough Temperature Matters: Work with crescent roll dough when it’s slightly chilled but pliable to ensure clean, precise rolling and clean cuts.
- Strategic Slicing Technique: Use a sharp serrated knife and gentle sawing motion to cut clean rounds without compressing the delicate rolled dough.
- Icing Consistency Control: Adjust powdered sugar and milk quantities gradually to achieve the perfect drizzling consistency that coats without overwhelming the pastry.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20-25 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 9
- Calories: 235
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 250 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 34 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg