Unbelievably Easy Cream Cheese Danish

I mean, really.  It's unbelievable how easy this teeny little danishes are.  Or maybe we should call them Danishettes. 
Are they as flaky and fabulous as the huge danish you get from your favorite bakery?  Of course not.  But hey, for 20 minutes and under $3 for a ton of these little ladies, I call this recipe a KEEPER.

You need:
2 Cans of crescent rolls
          ***Leave rolled up.  Slice into 1/4" thick slices.  Lay slices flat on cookie sheet (I bake mine on parchment paper so nothing sticks).  Use your fingers to flatten the center of each disc.

For Filling:
1 block of cream cheese
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 C plus 2 TBS sugar
         ***MIX UNTIL SMOOTH.  Put 1 generous tsp of filling in the center of each danishette***

BAKE AT 350 for 12-15minutes until pastry edges are light golden brown.

For Glaze (Mix together while danishettes are baking):
2 C Powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp lemon juice
1 TBS melted butter
       ***Mix until smooth...if mixture is too thick, add water 1TBS at a time until desired thickness (shoot for a smooth pancake syrup type consistency).  If mixture is too thin, add more powdered sugar.  To glaze danishetter, dip a fork into your glaze and quickly move back and forth over danishettes, re-dipping fork as needed.  You want them streaked with glaze.  You don't want glops of glaze to fall in large puddles on them  It won't be as pretty.***

This makes 35-40 Danishettes.   YUM!!

You can mix it up by adding jelly or pie filling to the cream cheese or even just doing pie filling without the cream cheese.  That would make these little ladies go even quicker!

BEST BREAD PUDDING EVER. Seriously. EVER.

Best Bread Pudding EVER EVER EVER



3-4 C of cubed day old bread (French or Italian work well)

2 C sugar

5 eggs

2 C milk

2 tsp vanilla extract

1 C packed brown sugar

1 stick softened butter

1 Cup coarse chopped pecans (if you want, if not it's fine to leave out)



Preheat Oven to 350. Whisk together sugar, eggs, and milk. Add vanilla and whisk again. Pour over bread and fold gently. Allow to soak into bread for 10 mins.



Grease a 9X13 pan and pour bread pudding base into it.



In a separate bowl, use a fork to combine brown sugar, butter, and nuts until you have a crumbly mixture. Spread evenly over top of bread pudding. Bake for 40 minutes.



SAUCE:

1 C sugar

1/2 stick butter

2 tsp vanilla

1 beaten egg

1/4 C brandy or butterscotch schnapps.



Combine sugar, butter, vanilla, and egg in a pot and slowly bring up the heat, stirring constantly until you hit a medium heat and the sugar is dissolved (DEFINITELY start cool and work up to the heat, though, otherwise you will scramble that egg!)

When sugar has dissolved, add liquor. Cook over medium heat stirring frequently for 3-5 minutes.

Pour sauce over bread pudding.



Eat hot or cold.



SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOD

Ohhhhhhhhhhh my......

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (as found by magic on allrecipes.com)


Ingredients


2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup unsalted butter, melted

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1 egg

1 egg yolk

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

1.Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.

2.Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.

3.In a medium bowl, cream together the melted butter, brown sugar and white sugar until well blended. Beat in the vanilla, egg, and egg yolk until light and creamy. Mix in the sifted ingredients until just blended. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand using a wooden spoon. Drop cookie dough 1/4 cup at a time onto the prepared cookie sheets. Cookies should be about 3 inches apart.

4.Bake for 15 to 17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the edges are lightly toasted. Cool on baking sheets for a few minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely.

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Person: Why are you so anal about planning stuff?  You should chill out and just go with the flow more.
Me:  Okay.  I'll try and do that. 

(fast forward a few weeks)

I get to hang out with Person tonight, I think. I have dinner with sad girlfriend first, but then hang time with Person.  REFUSE to overplan tonight as per previous ribbing from Person.

Big surprise...ambiguous plans with Person don't pan out.

And you WONDER why I make firm plans?  Really?

Because if I don't, I never see you.  Duh.

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