Description
These Lemon Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls are a delightful and easy-to-make dessert, perfect for any occasion. Flaky crescent roll dough is filled with a luscious lemon cream cheese mixture, baked to golden perfection, and finished with a sweet lemon glaze.
Ingredients
Scale
Crescent Roll Dough:
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated crescent roll dough
Cream Cheese Filling:
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Glaze:
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- 1–2 teaspoons milk (for glaze)
- Extra lemon zest for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Prepare Filling: In a bowl, mix cream cheese, granulated sugar, lemon zest, lemon juice, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Fill Dough: Unroll crescent dough into triangles. Spoon cream cheese filling onto wider end of each triangle and roll up from wide end.
- Bake: Place rolls on baking sheet seam side down. Bake for 10–12 minutes until golden brown.
- Make Glaze: While baking, mix powdered sugar with milk to make a glaze.
- Glaze & Serve: Drizzle glaze over warm rolls, garnish with lemon zest if desired, and serve.
Notes
- For extra lemon flavor, add lemon extract to filling or glaze.
- Best served warm; store leftovers in the fridge.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 220mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
