Start your morning on a sweet note with this Easy Breakfast Cheese Danish! Flaky, golden pastry filled with a rich, creamy cheese filling makes this Danish a delightful addition to any breakfast table. Whether you’re hosting a brunch or simply want to treat yourself to a café-style breakfast at home, this recipe is the perfect solution.
Best of all, it’s quick and easy to prepare with just a few ingredients – no complicated techniques or special equipment needed. In less than 30 minutes, you can enjoy a warm, delicious homemade Danish that pairs perfectly with your morning coffee. With its buttery layers and luscious filling, it’s a breakfast treat that’s sure to impress.
Let’s get baking and indulge in this simple yet elegant pastry!
Ingredients
- 2 cans ready to use refrigerated crescent rolls
- 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 egg white
- Glaze:
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
How To Make Easy Breakfast Cheese Danish
Preheat oven to 350* degrees and grease a 13X9-inch baking pan. Lay a pack of crescent rolls in the pan and pinch the openings together. Beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and egg together until smooth. Spread the mixture over the crescent rolls evenly and then lay the second pack of crescent rolls on top of the cheese mixture and brush with egg white. Bake for 35-45 minutes until the top is golden brown. Top with glaze after cooling for 20 minutes.
Kitchen Notes:
I have made this danish using low fat cream cheese and splenda (sugar substitute) and it was delicious! Also, the amount of filling the original recipe calls for makes a VERY heavily filled danish. I have halved the filling using 1 package of cream cheese, 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 whole egg, and a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract and it was still very good. If you use the half filling method, bake for closer to 30-35 minutes.