Raspberry with cream cheese

Delicious combo! 😍 Raspberry with Cream Cheese is a match made in dessert heaven — sweet, tart, creamy, and rich all in one bite. Here’s a simple recipe you’ll love:

🍓 Raspberry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls

These are flaky, fruity, and slightly tangy — perfect for breakfast, brunch, or dessert. Uses crescent dough for a quick, bakery-style treat!

🍴 Makes: 8 rolls

⏱ Total Time: 25–30 minutes

🧂 Ingredients:

• 1 can crescent roll dough (8-count)

• 4 oz cream cheese, softened

• 1/4 cup powdered sugar

• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

• 1/2 cup raspberry preserves or fresh raspberries (mashed slightly)

• Optional: lemon zest for a fresh pop

• 1 tbsp melted butter (for brushing)

• Powdered sugar for dusting or glaze (see below)

👩‍🍳 Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. Make the cream cheese filling:

   • In a bowl, mix cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth and creamy.

3. Assemble the rolls:

   • Unroll crescent dough triangles on a clean surface.

   • Spread 1–2 tsp of cream cheese mixture on each triangle.

   • Add 1 tsp of raspberry preserves (or mashed berries) on top.

   • Carefully roll up from wide end to tip like a crescent roll.

4. Bake:

   • Place on baking sheet and brush with melted butter.

   • Bake for 12–14 minutes, or until golden brown.

5. Finish:

   • Let cool slightly, then dust with powdered sugar or drizzle with glaze.

🍶 Optional Glaze:

Mix:

• 1/2 cup powdered sugar

• 1–2 tsp milk

• 1/4 tsp vanilla or lemon juice

Drizzle over warm rolls.

📝 Variations:

• Use puff pastry for an extra flaky version.

• Add white chocolate chips before rolling.

• Make it a braided raspberry cream cheese pastry with full crescent sheets.