“Snack”urday: Shortcut Cheese & Fruit Danish

I just got back from my trip to Green Giant in Minnesota this week.  It was so nice to spend two nights in a hotel and let someone else do the cooking and cleaning.  Every morning when I came downstairs there was a Starbucks and a huge breakfast buffet.  I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

Now I am home and I missed my family so much!  Now if I could just wake up in the morning to Starbucks and a buffet I would be set!  Since that isn’t going to happen, I thought I would bring a little bit of the buffet home.  There were these really great Danish made out of puff pastry.  Puff pastry can take a lot of work, and I am all about shortcuts!  So, I came up with these super easy cheese Danish made out of Biscuit mix.  They are flaky, rich, and delicious, just like the ones at the hotel.  Just perfection with a hot cup of coffee.

Take a few minutes to make these this weekend, and dream that you are on vacation…even if it lasts for just a minute.

In bowl mix Biscuit mix, 1/4 cup butter, 2 tbsp sugar and 2/3 cup milk until dough forms let sit.

In another bowl beat together cream cheese, egg yolk, 3 Tbsp Sugar and vanilla.

Until it looks like this.

Drop biscuit mix by rounded Tablespoonfuls onto parchment lined baked sheet.
Create a well in the middle of the dough with the back of your spoon.
Spoon 1 tsp of cream cheese mix and 1/2 tsp of jam of your choice in the center.  You may just use cheese or jam if you prefer.  Repeat this with each danish.

Leave a couple inches of space between each one on the baking sheet to allow for spreading.

Bake for 10-12 minutes at 450 Degrees or until golden brown.

While cooling whisk together 1 cup powdered sugar and 1-2 TBSP of milk until icing forms.  Drizzle over danish and serve.

All you need now is a hot cup of coffee!