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So-Easy Cheese Danish Recipe

A brunch menu just isn't the same without this tender, flaky Danish. The warm cream cheese center is a delightful surprise. Convenient refrigerated crescent roll dough means I can make it in a snap.—Cathleen Bushman, Geneva, Illinois

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So-Easy Cheese Danish Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 25 min.

Yield: 15 Servings

20 25 45

Ingredients

2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tubes (8 ounces each) refrigerated crescent rolls
1 egg white, lightly beaten
TOPPING:
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Add egg yolk and vanilla; beat on low speed until blended.
Unroll one tube of crescent roll dough into one long rectangle; seal seams and perforations. Press onto the bottom of an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Spread with cream cheese mixture. On a lightly floured surface, press or roll out remaining dough into a 13-in. x 9-in. rectangle. Place over filling; brush with egg white.
In a small bowl, combine the sugar, pecans and cinnamon; sprinkle over top. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly on a wire rack; serve warm. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 15 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 piece equals 335 calories, 20 g fat (9 g saturated fat), 47 mg cholesterol, 331 mg sodium, 33 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as So-Easy Cheese Danish in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2010, p158

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Reviewed on Oct. 20, 2012 by recabecka

I have this recipe from a taste home cookbook I've had for a couple of years.I have made this many of times for family and work and everyone loves this danish. I use 1 1/2 bricks of cream cheese so its not so rich.