Easy Cream Cheese Danish with Apples Recipe

Our delicious Cream Cheese Danish are so easy to make because they use Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls dough. Topped with apples and drizzled with icing, these Apple Cream Cheese Danish are sure to be a hit!

This post has been sponsored by General Mills. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I don’t know about you, but I love a good danish! They make a great breakfast or dessert because when filled with ingredients like cream cheese and fruit, they’re a really satisfying treat.

I remember going to our local bakery on an occasional Saturday morning and hand choosing some delicious Cream Puffs, Apple Filled Puff Pastries, and Cream Cheese Danish.

Sadly, the best bakery in town sold the business and their quality went downhill. I never understood why the new owners of a successful business would reduce quality and drive it to the ground.

Sometimes, homemade is the best way to go when it comes to baked goods. You just can’t beat something like a fresh Cream Cheese Danish, warm out of the oven.

How to Make Apple Cream Cheese Danish with Cinnamon Rolls

This recipe uses Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls as the base for the cream cheese and apple filling. I love shortcuts like this because they save time and I’m admittedly not the best dough worker!

As an added bonus, since the cinnamon rolls dough has real cinnamon throughout the dough, it adds a delicious warmth of flavor to this easy recipe.

You can find Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls at Stop & Shop in the refrigerated dough case. We love shopping at Stop & Shop during the holiday season because they have so many deals on entertaining & baking musts!

Ingredients:

These are the ingredients needed for making Cream Cheese Danish with Apple Filling. Note that you could substitute the apple filling for a different fruit like raspberries, strawberries, or blackberries.

• Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls (1 can)
• Apple Pie Filling (or other fruit if you prefer)
• Cream Cheese
• Sugar
• Vanilla Extract

Making the Danish Dough

Since the danish dough is already made, you simply need to separate the cinnamon rolls just like you would if you were making cinnamon rolls. Space them out evenly on a baking sheet and press in their centers to give the filling somewhere to fill.

Make the Cream Cheese Filling for Danish

Your cream cheese should be at (or close to) room temperature. It’s important that it is not too cold because it won’t mix with the other ingredients properly.

Does Cream Cheese Danish Need to Be Refrigerated?

To be on the safe side, you should refrigerate danishes that contain cream cheese filling if you’re keeping them overnight. They can be left out all day at room temperature but if you plan on keeping any for the next day, they should be refrigerated.

Cream cheese although baked, still contains many components needed by bacteria to grow.

Be sure to Take Joy in the in the Taste of Tradition and pick up some Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls at Stop & Shop.

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