Peggy's Cream Cheese Danish

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg, separated
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1/2 cup almonds, slivered

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cream sugar and cream cheese until smooth.
• 3 add egg yolk, vanilla, and lemon juice. mix until creamy.
• 4 in a 9" x 13" baking pan, unroll 1 package of dinner rolls and seal perforations.
• 5 spread cream cheese mixture over dough.
• 6 unroll the other package of rolls, seal perforations and place over cream cheese.
• 7 mix egg with water and brush over top of pastry.
• 8 sprinkle top with almonds and bake for 30 minutes.
• 9 cool 20 minutes and cut into 1" x 2" bars.