Cupcakes and Sarcasm

Shortcut Cheese Danishes with Homemade Strawberry Sauce

An easy and delicious breakfast pastry that everyone will love! These Shortcut Cheese Danishes are so fantastic! Leave them plain or top them with the Homemade Strawberry Sauce to make them out of this world!

Servings	Prep Time
6Danishes	10Minutes

Cook Time

15-20Minutes

Servings	Prep Time
6Danishes	10Minutes

Cook Time

15-20Minutes

Ingredients

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer), add the softened cream cheese, granulated sugar, lemon juice, vanilla and the pinch of salt. Mix with a hand mixer (or stand mixer) on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes. Set aside.
Open a croissant roll package, do NOT unroll the dough. Instead, slice the dough roll in half and then slice those halves into thirds, making 6 rolls.
Using a rolling pin, roll out each piece of the 6 dough pieces into larger, flat dough circles (getting rid of any cut lines in the process). Roll up a little of the edge of the dough circles to form a lip on the outside.
Carefully place the rolled out dough circles on the parchment paper and fill the center wells with (about) one heaping tablespoon of the cream cheese filling. Smooth the cheese filling to the edges or the lip of the dough circle.
Brush the melted butter all along the lip of the pastry. Sprinkle the lip with the Turbinado Sugar (I’d really recommend, gives it a nice crunch).
Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes until the danishes are golden brown. Top with strawberry sauce and dust with confectioner’s sugar (optional).
Enjoy warm! Leftovers may be kept in an air-tight container for up to 2-3 days. Best reheated in oven to maintain texture (can be reheated in microwave, but will be softer).

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