Breakfast Cheesecake

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Description

These cheesecake pastries are a family favorite for breakfast OR dessert! Dust with powdered sugar before serving and store leftovers in the refrigerator.

Ingredients

  • 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
  • 1 egg, separated
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Press 1 package’s worth of crescent rolls
  3. still connected
  4. onto the bottom of a greased 9×12-inch baking dish.
  5. Combine cream cheese
  6. egg yolk
  7. sugar
  8. lemon juice
  9. and vanilla extract in a bowl; beat with an electric mixer until fluffy. Spread mixture on top of the crescent roll “crust” in the baking dish.
  10. Cover cream cheese filling with the second package of crescent roll dough and brush with egg white.
  11. Bake in the preheated oven until puffed up and golden
  12. 25 to 35 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 50 mins

Servings: 15

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