Recipe

Creamy Crescent Cheese Braids Recipe

	Mrsc543 / All my dishes 3 weeks, 5 days ago This recipe from Pillsbury makes a great snack with a cup of coffee. It is reminiscent of a danish. The braided effect makes it look so pretty! Prep:20m Cook:16m Servings:4	Mrsc543
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Ingredients

4 oz cream cheese

1 Tbsp sugar

1 tsp lemon zest

1/4 tsp vanilla

1 egg yolk

8 oz can of Pillsbury Crescent Dinner Rolls

1 egg white, beaten

powdered sugar

Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees. Grease cookie sheet.

In small bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar, lemon zest vanilla and egg yolk.

Separate dough into 4 rectangles; firmly press perforations to seal.

Spoon about 2 Tbsp of cream cheese mixture lengthwise down center third of each rectangle.

Make cuts 1/2-inch apart on each side of rectangles, just to the edge of filling.

Fold strips of dough at an angle across filling, alternating from side to side to give a braided appearance.

Place on prepared cookie sheet.

Brush with beaten egg white.

Bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 16 minutes or until golden brown.

Cool; sprinkle lightly with powdered sugar.

**Note: Although the recipe did not call for it, I think adding a Tbsp of cherry or blueberry pie filling over the cheese mixture before baking would make this more like a danish. I haven't tried adding the pie filling yet so I hope that it will work out as I imagined it to!

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