No need to take a trip to the bakery when you can make these delectable lemon- and cream cheese-filled Danish right at home! Using just a handful of ingredients—including sweet-tart lemon curd, sweetened cream cheese and buttery Pillsbury™ original crescent dough sheet—you can have a special, fresh-baked breakfast with your family any time you want.
Lemon-Cream Cheese Crescent Danish
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 40 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 8
Ingredients
Danish
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Dough Sheet or 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Rolls (8 Count)
- 1/3 cup cream cheese spread (from 8-oz container)
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 8 teaspoons lemon curd
Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 2 to 3 teaspoons milk
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Remove dough from can; do not unroll. Using serrated knife, cut dough into 8 slices. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Press each slice into 3-inch round, leaving ridge around outer edge.
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Step2In small bowl, mix cream cheese spread and 3 tablespoons powdered sugar. Spoon about 2 teaspoons cream cheese mixture on center of each dough round; spread slightly. Top each with 1 teaspoon lemon curd.
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Step3Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes on cookie sheet; remove to serving plate.
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Step4In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup powdered sugar with enough milk for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle glaze over Danish. Serve warm.
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Nutrition
180
Calories
6g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
28g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 180
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 15%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 5%
- Sodium
- 270mg
- 11%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 28g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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