Light Danish Dessert

Light Danish Dessert

This is light and easy recipe for a Danish pastry dessert featuring filling with cream cheese and cherry pie filling.

Preparation Time
15 mins
Cooking Time
30 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Calories
181 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.
Step 2
Unroll one of the cans of crescent dough and place into prepared baking dish; press onto bottom of pan to form a crust, firmly pressing seams together to seal.
Step 3
Beat cream cheese, 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, egg white, and vanilla extract with an electric hand mixer on medium speed in a bowl until well blended; spread onto crust. Spread cherry pie filling over the cream cheese mixture.
Step 4
Pat remaining crescent dough onto a large sheet of waxed paper forming a 13x9-inch rectangle, pressing seams together to seal. Invert over pie filling to form top crust; discard waxed paper.
Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 30 to 35 minutes; cool at least 20 minutes.
Step 6
Stream milk into remaining 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar in a bowl, while beating until well blended and thick; drizzle over warm dessert. Cut into 24 rectangles to serve. Store leftovers in refrigerator.
Light Danish Dessert
Light Danish Dessert
Light Danish Dessert
Light Danish Dessert

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
  • 1 tablespoon skim milk, or as needed
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages reduced-fat cream cheese
  • 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls, divided
  • 1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar, divided

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