Friday, November 2, 2012

Cheese Danish Pull-Apart Coffee Cake (With a Cheat...Shh!)


Anyone who knows me knows I am a big fan of making as much of a meal as possible from scratch. Especially if it is a money saver. Time doesn't bother me, but I like to penny pinch where I can. However, this recipe doesn't cost much, its quick, easy, and cures a craving for cheese danish that I get on occasion...(And essentially for anything else cheesy...I love cheese.)
There are three components to this danish:

The Cake/Danish
The Filling
The Topping

The hardest part of this recipe? Um...uh...I dunno. I guess maybe not eating the filling before its on the cake? Haha.

Here is what you will need:

-2 Cans of Biscuits  (I use the Grands Flaky Layers Honey Butter)
-1/2 Cup Granulated Sugar (Plus some to spread on parchment paper)
-1 tsp. Vanilla Extract
-1 Egg Yolk
-1 oz Package of Cream Cheese
-1/2 to 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
-1 Tbsp. Sour Cream
-1 to 2 Tbsp. Cold Milk

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9x13 inch glass pan. Or spray it with Pam, if that will somehow fool you into thinking you made this healthier. ;)
While your oven preheats, put your room-temperate cream cheese in a bowl. Mash it a little with a fork, then take your egg yolk and vanilla, and mix them in until its nice and smooth. Add in your 1/2 cup of granulated sugar and work it into a nice smooth consistency. Now, for health reasons, you shouldn't consume raw egg products, yadda yadda. However, this stuff is good and I'll be darned if I didn't lick the spoon when I was done.
Set your filling aside, and spread out a piece of parchment paper on the counter. sprinkle it lightly with granulated sugar, and one biscuit at a time, mush the biscuits into flatter round circles, getting each side lightly dusted in the sugar. Now, how you choose to roll or place these back into the pan is really up to you, but for me, I turn them into little roses. I fold the circles in half, and then I roll them and leave a small well in the middle to fill with extra filling!
I line the sugar-coated biscuit-roses in the pan, close together so that when they cook they grow together and form a semi-solid mass. I take a large spoon and the filling I made, and I pour it over them, taking care to put a little down in the well I made in the center of each.
Bake these in your 350 degree oven for around 45-55 minutes. Check in between to make sure they're doing okay, but to cook the centers, it takes a long time.
While you have these in the oven, you make your topping. Take the tablespoon of sour cream, start with half cup of powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon of milk. Mix it until its a drizzle consistency, adding more sugar or milk as needed! :)
When they come out of the oven, let them cool 20 minutes, then drizzle with topping and enjoy! :) These are very tasty heated up for breakfast with coffee and they pull apart in a nice, small serving.
(As usual, I am having trouble getting blogger to let me do photos properly. Sorry. -_-)




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