I was really dubious when my buddy Dee sent me this recipe. Who has ever heard of crescent-dough cheesecake? When I had three backup desserts one day, I created this one, and it was one of the first to disappear. I frequently cook it because it’s so simple to make and my family loves it. Hey!! Even my wife’s unimpressed mother-in-law requested the recipe! Enjoy!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 1 9×13-inch pan |
Ingredients
- 2 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
- 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup butter, melted
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Flatten one tube of crescent roll dough, and press into the bottom of a 9×13 inch pan. In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese with 1 cup sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread the cream cheese mixture over the dough in the pan. Unroll the remaining crescent roll dough, and place over the top of the cream cheese layer. Spread melted butter over the top, and sprinkle the top with a mixture of 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon.
- Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until top is lightly toasted. Cool, and refrigerate before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 483 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 45 g |
| Cholesterol | 61 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 16 g |
| Sodium | 532 mg |
| Sugars | 29 g |
| Fat | 31 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very easy to make. I felt the finished product had a “salty” taste which puzzled me. If I make it again. I will add a fruit filling over the cheese layer.
My husband can’t stop talking about this recipe. Now he’s buying crescent rolls weekly and hinting about me making more
Very good and easy to make for a cheesecake-like dessert.
I made the recipe as is and wouldn’t change a thing. This is a very easy recipe to make and it’s one of my favorite desserts! Thanks for a great recipe!
Not really cheesecake, but tasty nonetheless. I’ve made this before in a very similar recipe but this one had butter and cinnamon sugar on top. I really liked it this way. It is definitely more danish like. Very simple and good.
This was delicious! My daughter liked the thought of putting cinnamon on a cheesecake instead of cherries or strawberries, and loved the flavor. My only problem was using crescent rolls. Next time I’ll just buy the pie dough. (Yes, there will DEFINITELY be a next time!)
I made half recipe in 8 inch square. Now my husband wants another one.
This is a great dessert for a group. It was a good option for a group with nut and egg allergies. Made it twice, loved both times.
was really skeptic about the Pillsbury dough for crust but it worked out really well! added some XO sprinkles for Valentine’s day. got home early (around 3 AM) and had 2 batches ready before the family woke up! thanks!
It was delicious! Everyone in my family loved it.
Yes I would make it again, but this time I will get a piece first.
I love these little bites of heaven. There is room for additives like fruit filling and chocolate chips. A friend of mine brought these to a gathering and they were gone in no time. She is not allowed to show up without a batch of them.
If the rave reviews I received on Christmas Day weren’t so good, I would have probably given this one four stars. I thought it was pretty awesome, but of course, it doesn’t measure up to “real” cheesecake. On the other hand, it is as advertised since it truly is “no-fuss.” On that basis, I gave it five stars. My brother and son both raved extensively about it. Because I had not prepared this recipe before, I wanted to try it before serving to my family on Christmas Day, so I cut it up into bars. This was a good way to serve it. The entire cake was served in “bar” form, which made it more attractive than it was as a “cake.”
Tasty recipe! Easy to assemble and so well liked, it was half gone before dinner was even served. I used almond extract in the cream cheese mixture and sprinkled sliced almonds on the top crust before baking. An easy, adaptable recipe!
I love this. So easy and people request it a lot. Be careful to use only the amount of butter you’re supposed to, the bread has butter in it and can easy be over sliming if you over do it . So good. Try squeezing a few lines in the cream cheese filling. Yum!!!
I use this recipe so much! It’s very simple and always tastes incredible. The filling can easily be used as a filling for practically any other desert, as it doesn’t necessarily have to be baked.
Made this exactly as written for a party. I had nothing left at the end of the night, and several requests for the recipe. Simple and tasty.
I cut the amount of butter/sugar/cinnamon used for the topping in half and it was still AMAZING. So easy to make too! I also prebaked my bottom layer for 5 minutes. Would probably taste great with pie filling, fruit or chocolate chips added to the cheesecake. Definitely a keeper! Some have complained that it’s not much to look at, but as far as presentation, I think mine looks beautiful! Photo submitted.
Oh. Heck. Yes. I halved the recipe and didn’t measure anything, I just did it until it felt good, which is how I do most of my cooking. Added probably a couple of tablespoons each of honey and lemon juice to the cream cheese, and then spread probably about 1/3 of a cup (remember, I halved the recipe!) of cherry preserves on top of that before putting the top layer of dough on. I also probably only used about half of the amount of sugar called for, in the cheese and on top. Absolutely delicious. Thanks for a great ‘starting off point’!!
Made it as directed…tasty! A bit too creamy texture-wise, so, the next time I made it, I added 2 egg yolks and a splash of fresh lemon juice. Bingo-a more firm, cheesecakey taste and texture! Wouldn’t have known where to start without you!
The most amazing dessert I have ever had! twisting the recipe with your bottom layer of the crescent roll add half the cream cheese add strawberries add another layer of the crescent roll add the rest of the cream cheese and add blueberries, then add your last layer of the crescent roll and bake!! YUM!!!! cant wait to eat it!!