5 from 12 votes
Lemon Cherry Cheese Danish Recipe
The Lemon Cherry Cheese Danish uses crescent dough filled with a smooth cream cheese mixture flavored with lemon zest and extract, layered with cherry pie filling. Braided strips of dough enclose the filling, and baking produces a golden pastry with a tangy, creamy center and a bright cherry topping. A lemon glaze finishes the danish for added sweetness and citrus notes.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings:
8
slices
Calories:
330 kcal
Course:
Dessert, Breakfast
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 tube crescent dough sheet
- 8 ounce cream cheese room temperature
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract or vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest fresh
- 3/4 cup cherry pie filling
- lemon glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 - 3 tablespoons lemon juice fresh
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
- Top a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Add the softened cream cheese, sugar, lemon zest and lemon extract to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat until fully combined and smooth. Stop once to scrape the sides of the bowl with a spatula to make sure the mixture is fully combined.
- Unroll the seamless dough sheet onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Spread the lemon cream cheese filling down the middle of the dough sheet.
- Spread the cherry filling on top of the lemon cream cheese layer. You can use more or less cherry filling, I like using 1 cup so the danish is bursting with cherry filling.
- On each long side of the dough, left and right from the filling, make 2 inch long cuts about 1 inch apart. Check the photo at the end of the recipe.
- Starting at one end of the dough sheet, fold the strips over the filling from one side to the other, if you want on an angle.
- Bake the danish for 15-20 minutes, or until it is golden brown. Check at 15 minutes as it is probably ready.
- Remove the danish from the oven and let it completely cool before icing, around 20 - 30 minutes.
- Lemon Glaze:
- Add the powdered sugar to a medium bowl, add two tablespoons of fresh lemon juice and mix until fully combined with no lumps. If the mixture is too thick add one more tablespoon of lemon juice. I like the glaze on the thicker side, yet pourable, so it will look white and shiny on the danish, not transparent.
- After the danish has cooled, use a fork or spoon to drizzle the lemon icing over the danish.
- Slice the danish and serve!
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Nutrition Information
Calories
330kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
46g
(15%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
15g
(23%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Cholesterol
31mg
(10%)
Sodium
323mg
(13%)
Potassium
97mg
(2%)
Fiber
0g
(0%)
Sugar
21g
(42%)
Vitamin A
495IU
(10%)
Vitamin C
3mg
(3%)
Calcium
34mg
(3%)
Iron
0.6mg
(3%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 330
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 330kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 46g | 15% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 15g | 23% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 31mg | 10% |
| Sodium | 323mg | 13% |
| Potassium | 97mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 0g | 0% |
| Sugar | 21g | 42% |
| Vitamin A | 495IU | 10% |
| Vitamin C | 3mg | 3% |
| Calcium | 34mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.6mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.