Variations
Make use of Pillsbury’s Cinnamon Crescent Rolls instead of plain refrigerated crescent rolls. Look out for limited editions around particular times of the year such as Pumpkin Crescent Rolls for fall.
Make a batch of chocolate chip cream cheese danishes by pressing in mini chocolate chips into the dough before rolling them into position.
Add some berries to the cream cheese filling or add in some raspberry or strawberry jam or pie filling into the cream cheese mixture.
Make lemon cheesecake danishes by adding in some lemon extract, lemon juice , or lemon zest into the cream cheese filling.
Raspberry preserves – you can replace the cream cheese with raspberry or strawberry preserves for a berry danish
Lemon curd – use pre-made lemon curd (or make your own) and place in the center of the danish instead of the cream cheese filling.
Lemon glaze – add some lemon to the glaze to add a hint of lemon flavor to the danish
Fresh berries – after these are out of the oven, put fresh berries like raspberries, blueberries, or strawberries on top of the cream cheese
Puff Pastries
If you don’t have crescent rolls you can also use puffed pastry sheets. Just cut them into squares or circles, and then using a knife, mark a smaller square inside. Place the cream cheese filling inside the smaller square. The pastry will puff up around the filling creating a puffed crust.
