Vegan Cheese Danish
If your like me store bought cheese danish might have been your guilty pleasure growing up. Unfortunately, non-dairy cheese danish aren’t available most places so I thought I would try to throw together a simple and easy recipe to satisfy my cheese danish cravings. My goal was to keep this cheese danish recipe as simple as possible, while also staying as true to the flavors I grew up eating and I think I’ve accomplished that with this recipe! You only need 5 easy to find ingredients to throw this dairy-free cheese danish recipe together.
You can make this recipe with just the plain cheese filling or mix it up with whatever kind of preserves/filling you would like. Cherry pie filling would be a great addition or you could use fresh fruit like raspberries or blueberries or whatever happens to be in season in your area when you are making them. The possibilities really are endless!
vegan cheese danish
Author: Vegan Guide to the Galaxy Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Total Time: 30 mins Yield: 12 Danishes
INGREDIENTS
2 Packages crescent rolls (most brands are accidentally vegan including Pillsbury)
1 Package vegan cream cheese
2 Tbs granulated sugar
1 Tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp lemon juice
Optional: fruit preserves of your choice
Danish Glaze:
1 Cup powdered sugar
1 Tbsp plain unsweetened plant milk
1 Tbsp vegan butter, melted
INSTRUCTIONS
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Open crescent rolls and unroll the dough. You are going to want to keep 4 pieces together, which will create a long rectangle.
Pinch all of the perforated dough lines together so that it is one cohesive piece of dough that won’t break apart.
Cut each dough rectangle into three long strips about 1″ inch wide by around 8″ inches long, each of these strips will form 1 danish. The easiest way I found to form my danishes was to push one end of the dough strip into the pan with my finger and make a small circle to form the base. From there I would slightly twist the connecting dough strip and roll it around the edge, occasionally pushing it down into the middle to adhere them together.
To make the cheese filling place your vegan cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and lemon into a bowl and mix them together with a handheld mixer.
Place around 1 Tbsp of cheese filling into the center of each of your danish.
Optional: Add 1 tsp of fruit preserve on top of cheese filling.
Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. Once danishes have fully cooked let them cool completely and then mix your powdered sugar, almond milk and vegan butter to make the glaze. Drizzle the glaze across the danish and they are ready to serve.