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Cream Cheese Squares
Prep Time:
25
minutes
minutes
Cook Time:
30
minutes
minutes
Servings:
9
Cream cheese squares are the perfect combination of sweet and savory, which makes them an excellent dessert.
Ingredients
1x
2x
3x
1
Tube of crescent roll dough
½
cup
Sugar divided
1
Tbsp
Sugar divided
8
oz
Cream cheese
,
softened
1
tsp
Vanilla
The juice and zest from 2 lemons
2
tbsp
Butter
,
melted
Instructions
Heat the oven to 350 degrees, and grease a 9x9 baking dish well.
Unroll the dough, and separate it into two even sections.
Pinch the lines of the dough closed, and spread half of the dough into the bottom of the baking dish.
Combine the cream cheese, vanilla, lemon juice, lemon zest and ½ cup of the sugar in a mixing bowl until smooth.
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the layer of dough in the baking dish.
Top the filling with the remaining layer of dough, and bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
Brush the top of the dough with the melted butter, and sprinkle with 1 tbsp of sugar.
Cool to room temperature, and then chill for 6 hours before serving.
Nutrition
Calories:
156
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
30
g
|
Protein:
0.1
g
|
Fat:
5
g
|
Saturated Fat:
1
g
|
Polyunsaturated Fat:
2
g
|
Monounsaturated Fat:
1
g
|
Cholesterol:
0.4
mg
|
Sodium:
53
mg
|
Potassium:
14
mg
|
Sugar:
29
g
|
Vitamin A:
6
IU
|
Calcium:
5
mg
|
Iron:
0.1
mg