CREAM CHEESE DANISH

CREAM CHEESE DANISH

From Roy Reid (From Janice Kidd)

2 pkgs. refrigerated crescent rolls, "butter flake" variety preferred
2 pkgs. (8 oz.) brick cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup white sugar
1 large egg
1 t. vanilla

Topping:
1/3-1/2 cup butter, melted (3/4 to 1 stick)
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1 cup chopped pecans

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 13 baking dish.

Press one pkg. of crescent rolls evenly into the bottom of the pan, pressing seams together. You may need to cut off about 1 inch of the end.

Mix until smooth the cream cheese, sugar, egg, and vanilla.

Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over the crescent roll layer in the dish.

Place the rolled out contents of the second pkg. of crescent rolls on top of the cream cheese mixture.  Press the seams together if possible.  As above, you may need to cut off a portion of the crescent rolls to make it fit the dish.

Add sugar, cinnamon, and pecans to melted butter and spread evenly over the top of the crescent rolls.

Bake until browned at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes.  Watch carefully.

If serving warm, just use a spoon. Cool if you prefer to cut into bars before serving.

Janice Kidd's note:  Reduced fat cream cheese is fine. This is a great dish for carry-in meals because it is terrific warm, very good at room temperature, and leftovers are not half bad cold straight from the fridge.  I tasted this at a brunch for a Bible study group. I was one of the crowd clamoring for the recipe and was delighted it was so easy to prepare once I got over obsessing about putting the crescent rolls down 'perfectly.'