A classic bakery favorite but made using Crescent Rolls! This heavenly breakfast treat will be on repeat!

Easy Cream Strudel with Crescent Rolls

I was making Easy Apple Strudel and decided I wanted to make several other flavors at the same time. In the process of doing that I ended up with more cream cheese filling than I needed. On a whim I spread it down the middle of a Crescent Roll and hoped for the best!

I was pleasantly surprised how well it turned out and tasted! I had only guessed on the measurements of the cream cheese mixture based on my experience with other recipes, so I was nervous. It was so fantastic I had to get it out of the house as fast I could. It was delicious! That’s how this Easy Cream Cheese Strudel was born.

If you like breakfast Danishes, then I think you’ll like Crescent Roll Cheese Danish and Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish, too!

What You’ll Need for the Strudel:

• 1 (8 oz) tube Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
• 1 (8 oz) Cream Cheese, Softened
• 1 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 Egg, Beaten
• Sugar

And the Icing:

• 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 tbsp Milk

How to Easily Make Cream Cheese Strudel

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Unroll 1 (8 oz) tube Pillsbury Crescent Rolls onto parchment paper lined baking sheet. Press the seams together and straighten edges out.
• Using a pizza cutter, cut 1″ strips down both sides of the dough, leaving about 3″ of uncut dough in the center for the filling.
• Beat together 1 (8 oz) softened cream cheese and 1 cup powdered sugar.
• Spread up and down the center where the dough wasn’t cut.
• Wrap sliced strips over the filling, overlapping them like a braid.
• Brush outside of the dough with beaten egg. (You won’t use entire egg)
• Generously sprinkle the top with sugar.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Make the icing by whisking together 1/2 cup powdered sugar with 1 tbsp milk. Drizzle over the strudel.

More Sweet Breakfast Recipes:

• Peach Cobbler Muffins
• Donut Strawberry Shortcake
• Lemon Cream Cheese Coffee Cake + VIDEO
• White Chocolate Blueberry Mufffins
• Donut S’mores
• Mini-Chocolate Chip Scones
• Crescent Roll Cheese Danish
• Blueberry Scones
• Easy Apple Strudel
• Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish

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Easy Cream Cheese Strudel

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Easy Cream Cheese Strudel, a classic bakery favorite but made using Crescent Rolls! This heavenly breakfast treat will be on repeat!v

Prep Time 20 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients

Strudel

• 1 (8 oz) tube Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
• 1 (8 oz) Cream Cheese, Softened
• 1 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 Egg, Beaten
• Sugar

Icing

• 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
• 1 tbsp Milk

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Unroll Crescent Rolls onto parchment paper lined baked sheet. Press the seams together and straighten edges out.
3. Using a pizza cutter, cut 1" strips down both sides of the dough, leaving about 3" of uncut dough in the center for the filling.
4. Beat together softened cream cheese and powdered sugar.
5. Spread up and down the center where the dough wasn't cut.
6. Wrap sliced strips over the filling, overlapping them like a braid.
7. Brush outside of the dough with beaten egg. (You won't use entire egg)
8. Generously sprinkle the top with sugar.
9. Bake for 15 minutes.
10. Make the icing by whisking together powdered sugar and milk. Drizzle over the strudel.