This easy 4 ingredient cherry danish is made using cherry pie filling, premade crescent roll dough and sweetened cream cheese.

4 Ingredient Cherry Danish

From the recipe collection of Tara Ippolito

Did you know a 4 ingredient cherry danish recipe even existed?

I’m only asking because I always assumed making danishes was a fairly complicated process.

I’m sure If you’re making them from scratch they are. But we take short cuts around here!

Using Pillsbury Crescent Rolls cuts major corners. It’s the perfect buttery base for this cherry and cream cheese danish.

I’m not an awesome baker and I’m completely okay admitting that. It’s never really been my thing.

Simple recipes like this are perfect for me. They’re super easy to do and are pretty much fool proof.

I love these 4 ingredient cherry danishes for breakfast, as a snack, for dessert or whatever.

It’s kind of an anytime food.

These are such a delicious no fuss recipe. I know if you try them you’ll love them as much as I do.

Fast. Simple. Delicious.

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Other Simple Desserts

If you like simple semi homemade desserts like this one here are a few others you’ll be sure to love, too.

• Mini banana cream pies
• Cinnamon roll apple pies
• Warm chocolate chip cookie skillet
• 3 ingredient blueberry cobbler

Tips to make this recipe its best

This 4 ingredient cherry danish recipe is very easy to follow.

But there are some little things that you can do to make sure it’s at it’s absolutely best.

Here are some tips:

• Cream Cheese- make sure the cream cheese is softened. That will make it much easier to spread into the crescent rolls.
• Sugar- don’t substitute the powdered regular sugar here. The cream cheese will be gritty not smooth and the texture will be way off.
• Pie Filling- spoon the pie filling into a little divot on top of the cream cheese if you like the look of them being uniform. I actually prefer the kinda sloppier more random plops of cherry pie filling but that’s a great tip if you don’t.

4 ingredient cherry danish filling variations

So, I happen love cherry pie filling.

It’s my favorite and that’s why I chose it for this Danish recipe here.

If you want to switch that out, be my guest.

Any fruit pie filling would be amazing here. Here are some suggestions:

• Apple
• Blueberry
• Blackberry
• Strawberry

Get creative and use whatever you’d like.

How to store these cherry danishes

These cherry danishes are best kept in the fridge.

Try to put some plastic wrap on them to keep them nice and moist.

They can keep fresh in the fridge for up to ⅘ days.

4 ingredient cherry danish ingredients:

• Pillsbury crescent rolls
• Cherry pie filling
• Powdered sugar
• Cream cheese

Instructions

First take the pillsbury crescent rolls out of the container. DO NOT unroll them. Keep in in one big log.

Now slice them into about ½ inch rounds. This should make about 7-8 portions.

Then lay them down on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Using your fingers, make a dip in the center. Keep the edges tall so the fillings will stay inside.

Now mix the cream cheese and powdered sugar together.

Take about a tablespoon and a half and place it in the center of the crescent roll round.

Then take about a tablespoon of the cherry pie filling and place it on top of the cream cheese.

Bake them in the oven at 375° for 12-15 minutes or until the dough is lightly golden brown.

Let them cool slightly and serve warm.