Easy Berry Cream Cheese Rolls

Name: Easy Berry Cream Cheese Rolls
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3 crescent rolls dough tubes (e.g. pillsbury); 6 oz cream cheese (3/4 cup, full fat); 6 tbsp mixed berry preserves; 1/2 c powdered sugar; 1 tbsp milk

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This easy recipe of berry cream cheese rolls is a perfect combination of the flaky crescent roll dough, rich cream cheese mixture, and a mixed berry jam creating a wonderful blend of flavors and textures.

Close up of a mixed berry cream cheese crescent roll in a hand.

There are some foods that have been a complete new experience for me over the years ever since we moved to the U.S. Sweet pastries and sugary breads for breakfast were a cultural shock for me since I grew up eating mostly savory breakfast dishes. These paranthas were an everyday thing often packed in school lunches as well along with this savory cracked wheat porridge or daliya and this Indian style french toast. Over the years, we have started making healthier sweet breakfast foods though not as much as danishes or donuts. These berry cream cheese rolls would technically be a dessert for me but I confess that I am an outlier here where most people will consider these a part of their breakfast spread.

Think of these as a cross between a cream cheese danish and a crescent roll but made into a muffin! Yeah it's complicate but the recipe is simple and so delicious. You don't have to go to a fancy bakery to enjoy these berry cream cheese rolls. This recipe is inspired by a reel that I saw on Instagram, and pairs well with my Indian style whipped cappuccino.

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Ingredients for Berry Cream Cheese Rolls
Why this recipe works?
Recipe run down
Prep
Substitutions
Tools to use
Storage and Freezing instructions
FAQ
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Easy Berry Cream Cheese Rolls

Ingredients for Berry Cream Cheese Rolls

Talk about the shortest and simplest ingredient list.

Ingredients of Mixed Berry Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls on a cookie sheet including jam, powdered sugar, cream cheese, milk, and crescent roll tubes.

Crescent roll dough
Cream cheese
Mixed berry jam/preserves
Confectioner's sugar
Milk

See recipe card for quantities of each ingredient.

Why this recipe works?

Another one of those semi-homemade gems

The store bought crescent roll dough is so versatile and takes away the major work of this recipe. Now, you guys know that I'm mostly a made from scratch girl but I'll take a shortcut once in a while to make my life easy. You can 100% choose to make your dough yourself and more on that in a little bit.

Make the rolls smaller!

The recipe as it is written will make 12 regular size muffins. But the recipe is so versatile that you if you want you can make these rolls in a mini muffin pan. What could be those situations? You have little ones who might not be able to finish one giant roll in a serving...so the smaller ones are best for them. Another erason could be portion control. These berry cream cheese muffins are delicious and rich and somewhat of a treat so there's that!

Recipe run down

Prep

Step 1: Take the cream cheese out of the refrigerator. We want it to be nice and soft so that it can be easily spread over our delicate crescent roll dough without putting in too much effort. Grease a muffin tin and keep it aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Step 2: Prepare the dough. Just kidding! Remember we are using store bought crescent roll dough. To make the full recipe (12 muffin size rolls) you will need 3 tubes of crescent rolls dough.

Step 3: Open the dough tubes and roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface. Pinch the seams shut and smooth it with a rolling pin. Spread ⅓ cup of cream cheese on the dough rectangle followed by about 2 tables of your favorite mixed berry jam.

Crescent roll dough on a silicon baking mat dusted with flour.

Pinch the seems shut and roll the dough out.

Crescent roll dough with cream cheese spread on it on a silicon baking mat dusted with flour.

Apply a layer of softened cream cheese

Step 4: Roll the dough rectangle starting from the long side. Cut the rolled rectangle into two equal logs and then slit each log right along the middle to have four pieces of berry cream cheese rolls dough. Roll each piece of prepared dough around your finger to make a swirl knot of sorts and place it in the prepared muffin tin.

Crescent roll dough with cream cheese and jam spread on it on a silicon baking mat dusted with flour.

Spread a layer of mixed berry preserves or jam.

Crescent roll dough rolled into long logs on a silicon baking mat dusted with flour.

Roll the dough into a log, cut it into two equal parts and then cut each through the middle.

Step 5: Repeat with the other two crescent roll dough tubes. When done you should have 12 berry cream cheese rolls ready to be baked.

Bake and finish

Step 6: Place the muffin tray in your preheated oven and bake for 18-20 minutes, rotating the pan at 10 min mark.

Baked mixed berry cream cheese crescents in a muffin tin.

Bake at 350 for 18-20 minutes.

Baked mixed berry cream cheese crescent rolls drizzled with glaze on a cooling rack.

Prepare the glaze and glaze the rolls while still warm.

Step 7: Mix the powdered sugar with milk in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Place a cooling rack over a baking sheet. Take the berry cream cheese crescent rolls out from the oven and carefully remove each roll from the on to the cooling rack. Drizzle with the prepared glaze and enjoy warm.

Substitutions

You can add any kind of jam to make these cream cheese crescent rolls. Mixed berry is our family favorite so I used it here but I have made it with homemade blackberry jam as well. Bonne Maman is my choice due to their high-quality and simple ingredients and no artificial preservatives, colors or flavors. This is why I love them when not using my homemade jams. Raspberry preserves are a crowd favorite as well.

If you would rather make the dough from scratch, I got ya covered. This dough recipe from my best ever cinnamon rolls will work just great. If making this dough, plan ahead and follow the instructions here!

Tools to use

Muffin Pan: Measuring Cups:

Rolling Pin:

Hint: check the rolls for doneness! Usually a deep golden brown color is what I go for. Since your oven might vary, the 18-20 min baking time is a general guideline. You might want to invest in an oven thermometer (affiliate link) if your oven misbehaves.

Storage and Freezing instructions

To store the rolls, put them in an airtight container with a lid and store in the refrigerator. Enjoy within 1-2 days. It would be a miracle if you have to store them longer than that! This recipe yields 12 muffin-size berry cream cheese crescent rolls. If you need to, you can freeze them in a freezer bag. You can thaw them out overnight in the fridge or nuke them for a minute in the microwave (not my preferred method).

FAQ

What can I use instead of refrigerated crescent rolls?

If you cannot find the crescent rolls in the refrigerated dough section of your grocery store, you can use my Best Ever Cinnamon Rolls Dough recipe. One batch of this dough recipe will be enough to make 12 berry cream cheese rolls.

Can you use store bought puff pastry instead of crescent rolls?

I have not tried this recipe with puff pastry but you can most likely use it to get almost a danish like result.

Should I grease the muffin pan for these rolls?

Yes. I highly recommend lightly greasing the muffin pan so that the parts of the roll with cream cheese and preserves/jam swirls do not stick to the pan.

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Love – Vaishali