Easy Cherry Cheese Danish
List of Ingredients
Pastry
2 cups flour
2 sticks butter
1/2 pint sour cream
Cream Cheese Filling
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup powdered sugar
8 oz cream cheese (softened)
1 tsp vanilla
Cherry topping (for a short cut you can
use canned pie filling)
2 cups pie cherries
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1/2 tsp almond extract
Recipe
Mix like pie crust and refrigerate overnight or freeze for 1 hour. Roll out into large rectangle. Cut into 5 inch squares. Place cheese filling in center of each square and fold up corners to meet in the center and slightly overlap. Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees. Top while warm with 1 tablespoon of cherry topping. You may drizzle with icing.
Beat all Filling ingredients until soft and fluffy.
Bring cherries, sugar and cornstarch to boil. Boil until thick stirring often.
Remove from heat. Beat in extract.