{"id":1002,"date":"2022-12-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/12\/cream-cheese-danishes-with-sugared-cranberries-and-butter-glaze\/"},"modified":"2022-12-12T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:00:00","slug":"cream-cheese-danishes-with-sugared-cranberries-and-butter-glaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/12\/cream-cheese-danishes-with-sugared-cranberries-and-butter-glaze\/","title":{"rendered":"Cream Cheese Danishes with Sugared Cranberries and Butter Glaze"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Everything about these cream cheese danishes will bring holiday joy to your kitchen! Twirls of crescent dough layered with cream cheese and baked with a pool of strawberry jam and a buttery glaze on top to finish. Add in those sugared cranberries to bring it right over the top! <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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These cream cheese danishes are a thing of beauty! <\/p>\n
Croissant dough layered with cream cheese, twisted up and baked with a pool of jam on top, and a drizzle of buttery glaze to finish. The sugared cranberries on top are just the bonus for decoration and a bite of tart crunch. Hoo, wow, I\u2019ve been eating them on the reg lately, and those layers of cream cheesy goodness hit just right when they are warm out of the oven. This is my current weakness. And best of all? Everything here is from ALDI \u2013 they\u2019re really bringing the holiday magic this year at really affordable prices. <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
Cream Cheese On Top Vs. Cream Cheese Inside The Layers<\/h2>\n
I tried these with a little puddle of cream cheese filling on the top, but since this dough (refrigerated croissant dough) really wants to pop up when it bakes, I felt like it was hard to get that dense cream cheese center I was going for. <\/p>\n
Personally, I love the cream-cheese-in-the-layers approach because the cream cheese gets evenly distributed throughout the dough so you are guaranteed cream cheese \u2013 and just the right amount \u2013 in every bite. <\/p>\n
Topping Options<\/h2>\n
How I think about the 3-way topping situation:<\/p>\n
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For flavor: strawberry jam <\/li>\n
For color and sparkle: sugared cranberries <\/li>\n
For beautiful sweetness: vanilla butter glaze drizzle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/figure>\n
You can sub other types of jam (I\u2019m a sucker for the classic strawberry, but raspberry, blackberry, or even something like fig or apricot could be awesome \u2013 and ALDI carries them all)! And you can use a different fruit to garnish in place of the sugared cranberries, or skip them altogether. The sugared cranberries do take some time, so I would recommend making those at least a few hours before, or even the day before, just to keep it really easy.<\/p>\n
If you want to go all-out, some streusel crumbles on top would make it extra-danishy!<\/p>\n
ALDI Faves For This Recipe<\/h2>\n
This recipe is sponsored by ALDI and that works out really well for us because, as I\u2019ve mentioned, we *love* ALDI. <\/p>\n
You can buy everything you need for this recipe at ALDI \u2013 most importantly, the croissants (\u201ccrescent rolls\u201d), jam or fruit spread, and cream cheese. <\/p>\n
You\u2019ll also need some ALDI essentials as your extras which, if you\u2019re me, you already have in your fridge anyway: organic eggs, organic milk, butter, powdered sugar, and cranberries.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
I love ALDI year round but especially at the holidays because they make the holiday fun stuff (charcuterie, dips, snacks, candy, treats, seasonal fruit, meat and seafood, awesome cheese, drinks, even presents for the kids) more accessible and affordable. <\/p>\n
BIG BIG FAN.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
Pro Tip: Eat These Warm<\/h2>\n
The last thing to know about these little danishes is that they are really delicious when eaten warm, just a few minutes after coming out of the oven. <\/p>\n
Let them cool enough to get the glaze on there without melting into a puddle, and then just sink your teeth into this very festive, warm, buttery, cream cheese and fruit deliciousness.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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