Cherry Cheese Danish

Ingredients

  • 2 (8 oz.) tubes refrigerated crescent dough sheets or cresent dinner rolls
  • 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup plus 1 T. sugar
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling
  • 1 T. butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup sliced almonds

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Unroll 1 package of crescent dough and fit into the bottom of an ungreased 9x13" baking dish. In a bowl, mix together cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar and vanilla.
Spread mixture over dough in baking dish. Next spread a layer of pie filling over the cream cheese mixture. Unroll remaining crescent dough and lay on top of the pie filling.
Mix together 1 T. sugar, almonds and melted butter. Sprinkle over the top of dough. Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown.