Cherry Cheese Danish

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 (8 ounce) packages crescent rolls
• 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
• 1 beaten egg yolk
• powdered sugar, for dusting (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 lightly butter 15 1/2" by 10 1/2" jelly-roll pan (cookie sheet with sides).
• 3 in medium bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla with mixer until smooth.
• 4 remove dough from one tube of crescent rolls.
• 5 unroll and place in middle of pan.
• 6 pat out with fingers, pressing perforations together, until dough completely covers bottom of pan.
• 7 place in oven 4 minutes, or until slightly dry.
• 8 cool slightly and spread cream cheese mixture evenly over dough.
• 9 spread pie filling over cheese.
• 10 unroll remaining sheet of crescent rolls and separate into 8 triangles along perforations.
• 11 arrange triangles on top of cherries, spaced evenly (will not cover surface completely).
• 12 brush with egg glaze.
• 13 bake 30 minutes or until golden brown and cheese mixture is set.
• 14 let cool and dust with powdered sugar, if desired.
• 15 cut into squares and refrigerate until serving.