Easy Cream Cheese and Jam Danish Recipe – soft and fluffy pastry with creamy vanilla filling and sweet strawberry jam topping. Perfect breakfast or brunch treat!
Ingredients
- 1 can refrigerated crescent rolls 8 count
- 4 tablespoons cream cheese softened
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 8 teaspoons strawberry jam
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat. Set aside.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk cream cheese (it has to be very soft), sugar and vanilla. Set aside.
- Open the can with dough and separate the crescents. Roll each crescent dough into a 10″ rope. Gently twist the ends of dough into opposite directions. This is not necessary but makes the finished pastry prettier.
- Roll the dough rope into a loose spiral shaped bun and place on prepared baking sheet. Gently press down the center of each danish to make space for the cream cheese filling.
- Place half of a tablespoon of cream cheese mixture in the center of each pastry. Top with one teaspoon of jam.
- Bake pastries for 12 to 14 minutes OR until the dough is golden brown and the cheesecake part appears set.
- Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes on the sheet. Then transfer onto a cooling rack to cool completely.