Cream Cheese Danish

Any kind of cheese is fine by me. Add it to something sweet and it's even better. I remember eating entenmanns cheese danish when I was younger. It was a treat and I really loved it. Soemtimes when I pass it in the store I am so tempted to purchase it - but being the only sweet eating in my house, I bring myself back to the reality that I would gain 5 pounds if I put it in my cart. Come on Remy, grow up and eat lots of good stuff with Mommy!!

This past year I really wanted to try out some recipes to become traditional holiday foods. So this was on my Christmas morning list. Surprisingly, Adam liked it! He is not a sweet eater at all, as I've mentioned before, so I was loving that he enjoyed it. I made it the night before but it was easy enough that I should have made it that morning.

Next time I would love to try this individual cheese danish recipe. They look so yummy!

Cream Cheese Danish (from The Adventures of Kitchen Girl)
2 cans ready to use refrigerated crescent rolls
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 egg white

Glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13X9-inch baking pan.

Lay a pack of crescent rolls in the pan and pinch the openings together.

Beat the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and egg together until smooth. Spread the mixture over the crescent rolls evenly and then lay the second pack of crescent rolls on top of the cheese mixture and brush with egg white.

Bake for 35-45 minutes until the top is golden brown. Top with glaze after cooling for 20 minutes

Chocolate Buttercream Icing - Happy New Year!

Wishing Everyone a very Happy New Year! Be safe and don't get bogged down in the resolutions :)

This chocolate buttercream is light and just sweet enough, without the chocolate being overbearing. I have been craving yellow cake with chocolate icing for weeks now, so I can't wait to bite into this! I went with a box cake but the icing is so easy to whip up that it's not worth skipping.


Chocolate Buttercream Icing (from Savory Sweet Life)
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
3 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon table salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 tablespoons milk or heavy cream (I went with skim milk because i forgot cream at the store - still comes out nicely but you know everything is better with cream!)

Cream butter in a mixing bowl until smooth. Add in 3 cups of sugar and the cocoa powder. Beat on low until the butter is absorbed into the dry ingredients.

Add in salt, vanilla and milk/cream and beat well, until combined. Add additional confectioners sugar if you need a stiffer icing. (I used the icing as is to spread and then added more sugar to pipe with)

Autumn Sugar Cookies

I had found a new recipe for sugar cookies and wanted to try it out early. I was feeling crafty and creative so I whipped up a big batch and they turned out really great. They arent too sweet, so the royal icing balances it out well, without it tasting like youre just eating pure sugar. It was Adams first time working with piping icing, instead of slapping it on with a knife, and he got really good at it! We still have about 30 more to ice, but this was our first go around. the cookie dough is really easy to make and you probably already have everything you need in your kitchen. flour, sugar, confectioners sugar, lemon, almond and vanilla extract, baking powder and butter. the royal icing is Wiltons recipe with just meringue powder, water and confectioners sugar.

here are our christmas cookies from last year, i cant wait to make them again!