Half of my family loves cherries. I am not in that half, therefore I don’t usually make recipes with cherries. While recently perusing the Taste of Home website I came across a cherry cheese danish. I thought a more fitting name was glazed cherry cheese danish. Although the original recipe used a canned, store-bought frosting for the glaze, I prefer to make my own.
This glazed cherry cheese danish makes 4 servings but can easily be doubled for more. It makes a sweet treat any time but the beautiful bright red color of the cherries makes it perfect for Valentine’s Day. When you make this recipe, make sure the cream cheese is nice and soft. Cream cheese is pretty soft anyway but if it’s just from the fridge, it may tear the pastry when you spread it.
It’s really easy to make the glaze and you could even flavor it with some almond extract if you wanted. After all, almond and cherry makes a delicious combination. I used half and half but you could certainly use water or milk.
Do you know what else is easy? The fact you can make these, start to finish, in less than 30 minutes. If you’re looking to make this on the weekend, get some extra help in the kitchen. Enlist the kids and you can cut that time down. As my Mom used to say, many hands make light work.
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Glazed Cherry Cheese Danish
Make this glazed cherry cheese danish as a sweet treat to end breakfast. Perfect with a cup of coffee or tea.
Ingredients
- 1 tube (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent rolls
- 4 tablespoons cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup cherry pie filling
- To make glaze:
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 4 teaspoons half and half
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°. Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
- Carefully separate crescent dough into four rectangles. Place on a silicone baking mat or parchment paper lined baking sheet; seal perforations. Using an offset spreader, spread 1 tablespoon cream cheese onto each rectangle. Top each with 1/4 cup cherry pie filling.
- Bake for 12 - 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Cool for 5 minutes. Glaze while danish is warm.
To make glaze:
- In a bowl combine confectioners' sugar, half and half and pure vanilla extract. Whisk until drizzling consistency.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 200 Total Fat: 6g Saturated Fat: 4g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 2g Cholesterol: 19mg Sodium: 85mg Carbohydrates: 34g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 15g Protein: 2g
Shared at Weekend Potluck
I love cherries but I tend to not like tart cherries in baked goods because they are overly sugary to combat the tartness. But my husband has nostalgic memories with tart cherry pie so I will make that for him from time to time. I bet he would love this too!
These sound delicious! What a great way to use the dough!
Danishes are my favorite. I’m drooling over these!
What’s not to love about this? They look easy and delicious!
These little Danishes sound so easy and scrumptious! I know my family would love them. Good call on making homemade glaze – I find that it’s always better, too!
Love!! Seeing this recipe at a perfect time too. My daughter’s birthday is in two weeks and she always asks for a sweet not a cake though. She asked for danish so this is going to work! Love that crescents were used too.
I love this recipe! First of all, I love cherries, fresh or canned, and the fact that your recipe calls for refrigerated crescent rolls makes my heart sing! I love making homemade dough, but sometimes I just don’t feel like it! Can’t wait to give this a try! Thank you for sharing at Celebrate It!
My favorite dish is chicken fajitas
The Cherry Cheese Danish look Marvelous! I use Cast Iron for almost everything. It’s so hard to come up with a favorite.
I most often make chicken, sear it and then pop in the oven to finish!
I love making deep dish pizza in my cast iron skillet!!
I like cooking eggs
Brownies.
O make the filling for my chocolate meringue pie in my grandmother’s cast iron skillet. Love my iron skillets for cooking almost anything!
The cherry Danish looks so yummy.
I cook everything I can in cast iron but my family’s favorite is stuffing.