Churro Cheesecake
When creamy cheesecake meets a buttery crescent crust, you get this churro cheesecake that’s sweet, cinnamon-y, and so simple to make. This is an easy sheet pan dessert made with a simple cream cheese filling, layered on top of flaky crescent rolls. It bakes up golden and crisp on the outside with a soft, creamy center that tastes like a mashup of cheesecake bars and classic churros.
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
- 2 cans Pillsbury crescent dinner rolls (16 oz. total)
- 2 bricks cream cheese (16 oz. total) softened
- 1 cup sugar divided
- 1 tbsp cinnamon divided
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- pinch salt
- 3 tbsp butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a small bowl, stir together ½ cup sugar, 1 tbsp cinnamon, and salt until combined. Set aside.1 cup sugar, 1 tbsp cinnamon, pinch salt
- In a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Beat in the remaining ½ cup of sugar, egg, vanilla, and remaining ½ teaspoon cinnamon until smooth.2 bricks cream cheese, 1 egg, 2 tsp vanilla extract, ½ tsp cinnamon
- Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking pan. Sprinkle half of the cinnamon sugar mixture in an even layer in the bottom of the baking dish.
- Unroll one can of dinner rolls as one sheet, and place it in the bottom of the baking dish. Press it down and out to the edges of the pan. Press together any holes.2 cans Pillsbury crescent dinner rolls
- Spread the cheesecake mixture onto the crescent dough.
- Unroll the second crescent roll layer on a piece of parchment and pinch the seams together. Stretch it out so that it is the same size as the top of the cream cheese layer. Invert it on top of the cream cheese filling with the parchment paper on top. Gently peel off the parchment paper.
- Spread the melted butter over the crescent dough. Sprinkle on the remaining cinnamon sugar.3 tbsp butter
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
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Notes
- Swap the cinnamon sugar for pumpkin spice in the fall.
- Use low-fat cream cheese for a lighter option (texture will be softer).
- Add a splash of almond extract for churro-funnel-cake flavor.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 302mg | Potassium: 11mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 112IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 1mg