This shortcut cherry Danish is simple to make with refrigerated crescent dough sheets. Filled with a dollop each of sweetened, whipped cream cheese and cherry pie filling, and glazed after baking, they're delicious without being time-consuming.
Ingredients:
1 (8 ounce) tube crescent dough sheet
4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
1/4 cup white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
1/2 cup cherry pie filling
1/2 cup confectioners sugar
3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment.
Without unrolling, slice crescent dough sheet into 10 equal portions. Place crescent dough rounds onto the prepared baking sheet. Press the back of a tablespoon into the center of each roll to make an indentation.
For filling, add cream cheese, white sugar, and 1 teaspoon vanilla to a bowl, and beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Dollop filling into the indentations in the rolls.
Bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes.
Remove Danishes from the oven. Add a spoonful of cherry pie filling containing 4 or 5 cherries into each Danish.
Return to the oven; bake until golden, about 9 minutes more.
To glaze, whisk confectioner’s sugar, remaining 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and enough milk together to form a pourable glaze; drizzle over cherry-topped Danishes while still warm and enjoy.
