These Mini Cherry Cheese Danishes a simple, yet beautiful dessert. The crescent rolls are the perfect base for the sweet cream cheese and the tart cherries.
Ingredients
Roll Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
flour, just for dusting
Filling:
4 ounces soft cream cheese
⅓ cup sugar
splash vanilla
1 can cherry pie filling
Glaze:
⅓ cup powdered sugar
2 tsp. milk
Instructions
Open container of rolls and do no unroll them. Use a sharp, serrated knife to cut through them like slice/bake cookies. Make 10 slices.
Lay each slice on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
Use a measuring cup to flatten each roll out and build a small wall around the edge.
Use a drop of flour to prevent sticking and press with your fingertips, too.
Filling
Electric mix cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth.
Dollop a small amount into each “danish.”
Add a teaspoonful of cherries.
Bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes.
Let cool and add a drizzle of glaze.
Glaze
Combine milk and sugar and drizzle on danishes. Can use a pastry bag, if desired.
