Description
A delightful dessert featuring a flaky crescent dough filled with a creamy, tangy cream cheese mixture and topped with fresh strawberries.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 can crescent roll dough
- 1 cup strawberries, sliced
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg (for egg wash)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C).
- Combine softened cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Whisk until smooth.
- Unroll the crescent roll dough and separate it into triangles.
- Arrange the triangles in a circle on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, overlapping the wider ends slightly.
- Spread the creamy filling evenly over the overlapping dough, then top with sliced strawberries.
- Fold the pointed ends of the dough triangles over the filling to create peaks.
- Brush the ring with an egg wash.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Allow to cool slightly before serving.
Notes
Make-ahead tips: Prepare the cream cheese mixture the night before and assemble the ring before baking. Can customize with different fruits.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 160mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 23g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 25mg