Light Danish Dessert

A light and easy recipe for a Danish pastry dessert. For a variety, try substituting fruit jam for the pie filling.

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.

Per Serving: 181 calories; protein 3.5g; carbohydrates 22.4g; fat 8.4g; cholesterol 14.2mg; sodium 228.3mg.

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