Cheese Danish

Cheese Danish

Virginia Vobejda
Course Breakfast

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pkg dry yeast
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • ¼ cup water warm
  • ¾ cup margarine
  • 2 cups flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 egg lightly beaten

Topping

  • 2 8 oz packages cream cheese
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • powdered sugar (to sprinkle)

Instructions
 

  • Dissolve dry yeast and sugar in warm water.
  • Let set for 10 minutes
  • In a large bowl, cut margarine into flour.
  • To yeast mixture add salt and a lightly beaten egg.
  • Add it all to the flour mixture.
  • Roll into 2 balls.
  • Roll each ball out to about 8 x 10 and put on an ungreased cookie sheet.
  • Mix together 2 packages of cream cheese, sugar and lemon juice
  • Spread ½ of this mixture onto each rectangle of dough.
  • Bring the edges of dough slightly over the cream cheese.
  • Bake at 375° for about 25 minutes.
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar

Notes