Christmas Tree Cream Cheese Danish – Easy Last Minute Breakfast Recipe

An easy last-minute recipe to serve for breakfast on Christmas morning is this delicious Christmas tree cream cheese danish.  Let me show you how easy this recipe is to put together with items you probably already have in your pantry. 

This recipe has been updated since it first appeared in 2015 with new photos and a new printable recipe card that includes nutritional information. I hope you enjoy the updates as much as I enjoyed working on them! 

Christmas Tree Cream Cheese Danish

Do you need an EASY last minute breakfast recipe for Christmas morning? This recipe for Christmas Tree Cream Cheese Danish is easy and perfect for Christmas morning. This is the same recipe I made last year making a Candy Cane Cream Cheese Danish using refrigerated crescent rolls.

I know we all try to have the perfect Christmas morning with an amazing breakfast all laid out on a beautifully set table with really cute Christmas plates.  But in reality most Christmas mornings are a rush and sometimes not as perfect as social media makes you think it is.

Easy Last Minute Breakfast Recipe for Christmas Morning!

Which is why I love this recipe.  It’s incredibly easy.  You really should know by now that I LOVE EASY RECIPES.  I know what it’s like to not have the perfect “story-book” Christmas morning.  Yes, I have fed my family cereal with milk and even frozen waffles on Christmas morning.

But not anymore.  Not since I found this recipe.  I know if you try this recipe just one time, it will soon become a new tradition for your family every year.

Easy Tips for Making the Christmas Tree Danish

• You can make the cream cheese filling the night before. Store the filling in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.  Remove the container about 30 minutes before assembling. 
• Make sure you make an indentation in the center of each crescent circle.  Otherwise, the filling will spill over while the danish bake. 
• Using parchment paper really helps to lift the danish off the baking sheet when it’s baked and onto a serving platter.  

Christmas Tree Cream Cheese Danish Ingredients

Ingredients for the Danish: 

• 2 cans of refrigerated crescent rolls
• 8 ounces cream cheese; softened
• 1 can of cherry pie filling – you will not use the whole can. 
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Ingredients for the Glaze:

• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tsp. milk

How to Make Christmas Tree Danish

1. Combine the glaze ingredients together until smooth and set aside until the danish is baked and cooled.
2. Open the packages of crescent rolls, but do not separate them. Using a serrated knife, slice each “roll” into 11 equal pieces.
3. Using your thumb or the back of a spoon, gently indent the middle of each circle so there is a space for the cream cheese to be placed inside.
4. Arrange the crescent circles into the shape of a Christmas tree.
5. In a mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.
6. Place a small spoonful of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each crescent circle.
7. Then place a small spoonful of the cherry pie filling on top.  You will not use all the cherry pie filling.
8. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 18 – 20 minutes.
9. Let cool and drizzle with the glaze.

Open the cans of crescent rolls but do NOT separate them.  Slice into circles.

Arrange the crescent circles into the shape of a Christmas tree.

Place a spoonful of the cream cheese mixture into each crescent circle followed by a spoonful of cherry pie filling. 

How to Bake Christmas Tree Danish

Bake the danish in a preheated 350 degree oven for 18 – 20 minutes.

How to Add the Glaze

Allow the danish to cool slightly before pouring the icing on top. In a microwave safe bowl or these silicon measuring cups , warm up the icing that comes with the cinnamon rolls in 10 second intervals being careful not to melt the icing too much.  

Pour the warmed icing on top of the Christmas tree danish and serve immediately. 

Here’s a few more Christmas Tree Recipe Ideas: 

• Christmas Tree Puff Pastry Appetizer
• And if you want another GREAT Christmas breakfast recipe, check out my Candy Cane Cream Cheese Danish.
• Christmas Tree Cheese Board

Christmas Tree Cream Cheese Danish

Yield: 16 Individual Danish Crescent Rolls

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

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Ingredients

Ingredients for the Danish

• 2 cans of refrigerated crescent rolls.
• 8 ounces cream cheese; softened
• 1 can of cherry pie filling
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Ingredients for the Glaze:

• 1/3 cup powdered sugar
• 2 tsp. milk

Instructions

1. Combine the glaze ingredients together until smooth and set aside until the danish is baked and cooled.
2. Open the packages of crescent rolls, but do not separate them.
3. Using a serrated knife, slice each "roll" into 11 equal pieces.
4. Arrange the crescent circles into the shape of a Christmas tree.
5. In a mixing bowl, combine the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla.
6. Using your thumb or the back of a spoon, gently indent the middle of each circle so there is a space for the cream cheese to be placed inside.
7. Place a small spoonful of the cream cheese mixture into the center of each crescent circle.
8. Then place a small spoonful of the cherry pie filling on top. You will not use all the cherry pie filling.
9. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 18 - 20 minutes.
10. Let cool and drizzle with the glaze.

Notes

I like to heat the icing up in the microwave before drizzling on top of the Danish.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 238 Total Fat: 10g Saturated Fat: 6g Trans Fat: 0g Unsaturated Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 31mg Sodium: 168mg Carbohydrates: 34g Net Carbohydrates: 0g Fiber: 1g Sugar: 14g Sugar Alcohols: 0g Protein: 3g

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