King’s Hawaiian Cheese Danish
on Sep 22, 2024
These King’s Hawaiian Cheese Danish are a super easy danish recipe made with store-bought Hawaiian Rolls. We fill the rolls with cinnamon sugar butter, a delicious cheesecake filling, and then bake for a bit. After cooling we top with a sweet icing glaze.
Easy shortcut breakfast recipes like this King’s Hawaiian Roll Cheese Danish are perfect for busy weekdays, lazy weekend mornings or for a holiday breakfast or brunch. When pressed for time, making semi-homemade recipes is a great time saver. These Hawaiian Roll Danishes are always devoured from our holiday brunch spread.
If you are looking for other easy breakfast pastry recipes, try our Easy Cream Cheese Danish or Cherry Cream Cheese Crescent Ring.
What’s not to love about a handheld breakfast pastry? What’s not to love about a delicious sweet role? Homemade Cinnamon Rolls are great but, they take a bit of time to make. Since this recipe for Kings Hawaiian Cheese Danish is so simple, you will reach for this recipe over and over again.
Using store-bought rolls is the key to making these sweet rolls quickly and easily. They are a no fuss breakfast recipe. There will be no need for extra time consuming making of homemade pastry dough. You can make these danishes with or without fruit topping. We personally love the bright red from the cherries during the holiday season.
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Slider rolls make the perfect base for this King’s Hawaiian Cheesecake Danish Recipe. The cinnamon sugar butter mixture adds depth and flavor to the cream cheese filling. The sweet glaze takes the sweetness up a few notches.
King’s Hawaiian Cheese Danish Ingredients
Our King’s Hawaiian Cheese Danish recipe doesn’t need any fancy ingredients- if you make plenty of desserts, you’ll probably have all the ingredients already. Outside of the Hawaiian rolls, you’ll need some fridge and pantry staples. Here’s everything you’ll use for this Hawaiian Cheesecake Danish recipe:
- King’s Hawaiian Rolls – A 12-count sheet of these, unbaked, and all still stuck together.
- Butter
- Brown Sugar – I use light brown.
- Cinnamon – Just for a bit of added baking spice flavor is all.
- Cream Cheese – You’ll want to let your cream cheese soften before use. Be sure to use a full fat. I have not tried this recipe with whipped cream cheese or the reduced fat version.
- Egg
- Sugar – White granulated sugar this time.
- Vanilla Extract
- Pie Filling – You can go with a store-bought or homemade cherry pie filling like we did. You could also try using other pie fillings like homemade Raspberry Filling or our Homemade Apple Pie Filling if you cut the apples small enough.
- Powdered Sugar – For a quick icing at the end, which you’ll make with…
- Milk
See recipe card for quantities.
How to make King’s Hawaiian Cheesecake Danish
In case you were worried at all, this King’s Hawaiian Cheese Danish recipe is so easy to make. Using these King’s Hawaiian rolls really helps cut down on the prep time, and we used a simple cream cheese filling to make this a quick dessert or breakfast recipe. Here’s all you’ll end up doing:
- Remove Hawaiian rolls from their package and the included tray. If worried about sticking, grease or line a baking sheet with parchment before setting rolls on sheet. Use a small bread knife or steak knife to cut a hole through the top and most of the way through each roll. Remove and discard the tops (or possibly incorporate them into another recipe).
- Add butter to a mixing bowl and melt in the microwave. Add brown sugar and cinnamon to melted butter.
- Mix melted butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon together until fully combined.
- Use a pastry or basting brush to brush butter and brown sugar mixture onto rolls.
- Remember to thoroughly brush the inside of rolls as well.
- To a seperate mixing bowl, add your softened cream cheese.
- Use a hand or stand mixer to beat the cream cheese until fluffy.
- At this point, add the egg, white sugar, and vanilla extract. Beat until fully combined.
- Add cream cheese/ cheesecake mixture to the cavity you cut out of each roll.
- Crack open your pie filling and top each roll with a small spoonful of pie filling. If you use cherries, aim to get at least one cherry into each roll. Optionally: top with toppings after baking.
- Transfer baking sheet with rolls to an awaiting 375 degree oven and bake for around 20 minutes or until the cheesecake filling has set. While rolls cool, prepare icing by mixing powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract. Drizzle icing over cooled cheese danishes.
Storage / Freezing
Storage: If you’ve got any leftover Hawaiian Cheese Danishes, you’ll want to store them for later. Transfer to an airtight container or ziploc bag and keep in the fridge. They’ll keep for 3-5 days.
Freezing: You can also try storing your King’s Hawaiian Cheese Danish leftovers in the freezer. Transfer to a freezer bag- squeeze out extra air to prevent freezer burn- and keep in the freezer for up to 3 months. Let thaw in the fridge before enjoying.
Tips for the BEST Hawaiian Roll Danish
For the BEST Hawaiian Roll Danish you will want to be sure to thoroughly coat the insides and the outsides of the roll with the butter/cinnamon sugar mixture.
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King’s Hawaiian Cheese Danishes
Ingredients
Rolls
- 1 package King’s Hawaiian Rolls, 12 count
- 8 oz Butter, melted
- 3 tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 8 oz Cream Cheese, softened
- 1 Egg
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1/3 cup Cherry Pie Filling
Icing
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp Milk
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Remove rolls from packaging and place on a nonstick baking sheet.
- Cut a square from the top and most of the way through each individual roll. Discard cut pieces.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Stir until blended.
- Brush this mixture over the rolls and inside of the cut out squares.
- In another mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy.
- Beat in the egg, sugar and vanilla until combined.
- Fill the cutout squares in each roll with this cream cheese mixture.
- Add a spoonful of cherry pie filling on top of the cream cheese mixture.
- Bake for 20 minutes, until cream cheese mixture has set.
- Allow to cool.
- Combine icing ingredients and stir until blended.
- Drizzle over tops of rolls.
Notes
Nutrition
Hi Jen,
Thank you for another great recipe! Super easy and delicious!! I did use the squares that I cut out and made some delicious dressing for dinner too! You always have great recipes that are easy and so good! Thank you again!
Oh my goodness! These look absolutely wonderful! When I go to a bakery, which is rare these days, a cheese danish with cherries is my choice. Love this.
Pam
anartfulmom.com
Such a clever recipe. I appreciate your joining us at the #HomeMattersParty, I hope to see you again next week. I will be featuring your post.
WOW, just wow, looking so easy and delicious. Bookmarked it
Found your post on A Stroll Through Life: Inspire Me Tuesday.
Happy Sunday, Jen
These look delicious . I can’t wait to try them once I’m released from my doctor . I’ll let you know how delicious they are ( I have faith that I can succeed in the same as you have . Have a great week
Prayers for you Gail! I hope all goes smoothly for you. You will succeed with making these danishes. The slider rolls make them so incredibly easy. Have a wonderful week too!