Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish Recipe

Make this delicious cranberry cream cheese danish recipe this holiday season. You can use leftover cranberry sauce or make it fresh, either way, they will be amazing.

I have been compensated by Immaculate Baking for this cranberry cream cheese danish post and recipe; however, I am sharing my own thoughts. All opinions are my own.

The holidays can be such a busy and stressful time. Gifts to buy, cards to send out, parties to attend and host, and the list just goes on and on. It can quickly become all about the stress and not at all about the joy.

I spent too many holidays stressed and not really enjoying the season. I used to make a huge amount of food for just four people and spent 3-days cooking. 

Now I have cut way back and I also make a very simple meal on Christmas. We all still enjoy the food and have a great time but I’m not in the kitchen all day.

I’m so passionate about having a stress-free holiday season that I created The Stress-Free Christmas. It’s a blog dedicated to helping you have a magical Christmas, many of the tips apply to the whole holiday season.

Creating easy but still delicious recipes is one thing that I have found very useful. While I love cooking everything from scratch, sometimes shortcuts are good.

When I found out about Immaculate Baking Company I knew I had to try some of the products to help with this. One thing I’m going to do is use a package of their organic crescent rolls in place of my normal homemade rolls this Christmas. You still get delicious, hot from the oven rolls but with so much less work.

Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish Recipe

I also want to pick up some of their organic cinnamon rolls to make on Christmas Eve morning as a nice treat. They have so many great organic products as well as gluten-free options. You can also use their products to make your own holiday dessert recipes. 

I wanted to make a holiday dessert using leftover cranberry sauce but wanted it to be very simple. Immaculate Baking Company’s organic crescent rolls gave me the inspiration to make a cranberry cream cheese danish recipe. They are delicious, impressive but also simple.

I have found Immaculate Baking Company products at my local Whole Foods. They have a great selection of their products and other great baking supplies. I was able to get all of my ingredients for the danishes at Whole Foods, even the parchment paper, and sandwich bags to use as piping bags. It’s always helpful to only have to make one stop.

You can also use store-bought cranberry sauce, just make sure it’s whole cranberry sauce, or you can make your own. I made my own for Thanksgiving and saved half for Christmas. It freezes really well. A little extra can be used for these delicious danishes.

When you are picking up your crescent rolls go ahead and get a few packages. You can use them for this cranberry cream cheese danish recipe as well as a couple of recipes from this list of 27+ crescent roll dough recipes!

I also have a couple more recipes that feature crescent rolls you can try out, like my homemade pizza pockets and crescent chicken bundles. The chicken bundles can even be made using leftover turkey!

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Yield: 8 danishes

Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish Recipe

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Try this simple and delicious cranberry cream cheese danish recipe this holiday season!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 can Immaculate Baking Company Organic Crescent Rolls
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 8 teaspoons cranberry sauce
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Remove rolls from the container, do not unroll them.
3. Using a sharp knife make 8 slices.
4. Place each dough slice on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
5. Using your fingers or a measuring cup flatten out each roll building a small wall around the edges.
6. Using an electric mixer, mix the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth.
7. Put a small dollop of the mixture in each danish.
8. Add a teaspoon full of cranberries to each danish.
9. Bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes.
10. To make the glaze combine the milk and sugar. You can use a pastry bag or a sandwich bag with the end clipped to drizzle.
11. Let cool and add the glaze.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

8

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 219Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 161mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 1gSugar: 20gProtein: 3g

Nutrition information isn’t always accurate.

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