Cherry Danish with a Bit More Love
Prep: 25 minutes Bake: 15 minutes
I’m not used to pastries and this is a great beginner one. It uses pre-prepped ingredients put together for a delicious time that could make anyone happy. This was also my first time trying cherries and I really liked it. That was a bonus.
Ingredients
8 oz cream cheese. You want to soften it
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tubes crescent rolls (8 oz ones) (I used the Hawaiian sweet roll)
1 can cherry pie filling
2-3 tsp milk
Prep
Preheat oven to 375 F
Find a small enough but not too small bowl in your cupboard
Add the cream cheese and 1/4 cup of the powdered sugar and beat this until it’s smooth. This is why you want the cheese soft
Add the egg and vanilla and beat until it’s just combined and set this aside
You’ll want a pizza stone/pan to cook this one
Grease it and add some flour if you’d like to prep it to be non stick
Open the rolls and roll them out
They should be portioned a bit in triangles. I just used them in the shape they are but the recipe recommended cutting them into even smaller triangles
Put four triangles full sized triangles aside
Lay out the rest into a circle to make like a pizza without the center. As I didn’t cut mine smaller, to have the edges touching, I could not make a full circle and this was fine.
Pinch and smooth the edges together
Spread the cream cheese mixture all over the top like a pizza sauce but leave some spaces at the edges, just a bit
Take the cherry pie filling and pour on top, leaving space still at the edges
Roll the edges to wall int he filling and reinforce the edges
Take the triangles you set aside and cut them long-wise
Stretch these over the top and press to connect with the inner and outer edges. This will make little bridges over top.
Bake this for 15-20 minutes
Cool on a wire rack
In another bowl add the rest of the powdered sugar and the milk in small doses. Stir this until it’s the thick or thinness that you want
Drizzle over the cooling danish
Afterthoughts
This was such a great taste. The bottom was crispy and amazing and the top a perfect gooey and warm mess. I say only eat this warm. That’s the way to go. Cherry pie is apparently amazing and I can see why people love it. The cream cheese mixture made a nice base. This was ooey-gooey and pulled apart like a sharable pizza and was a lot of fun to eat. A simple dessert that any family could love.