CHERRY CRESCENT ROLL DESSERT RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Beat creamy cheese with sugar and vanilla until fluffy.
• Unroll crescent dough and separate.
• On a pizza pan place triangles overlapping with long pointed ends outward. So that there is about a 6" circle left in the middle of the pan.
• Spread cherries over the lapped dough area.
• Spread dollops of cream cheese mixture over the cherry filling.
• Fold pointed ends of crescents over the filling and pinch into lapped dough to seal.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Mix Powdered sugar and milk until smooth glaze forms.
• Drizzle glaze over ring.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
• In medium bowl, mix cream cheese, granulated sugar and 4 teaspoons lemon peel with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed and no lumps remain.
• Unroll dough on work surface into 12x7-inch rectangle, and cut into 8 rectangles (3x3 1/2 inches each). Spread 2 tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture over each dough rectangle to within 1/4 inch of the short ends.
• Roll up each rectangle, starting with shortest side, and pinch seam to seal. Place on cookie sheet, seam side down; brush with melted butter. Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes on cookie sheet.
• In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons of the lemon juice. If necessary, add additional lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, until thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over warm crescent roll-ups, and garnish with additional grated lemon peel. Serve warm.