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An Easy Blueberry Danish is the perfect breakfast or brunch or even dessert! With just 5 ingredients you can make this esy strudel in no time. It’s like eating blueberry pie for breakfast!

Close up of easy blueberry danish showing inside blueberry filling

I have been making breakfast pastry this way for years! It’s an easy danish recipe that starts with crescent rolls and has just 2 main ingredients, plus 3 more for the icing.

  • It’s easy: into the oven in under 10 minutes!
  • Foolproof: Starting with crescent roll dough makes it so simple
  • Uses Semi-Homemade OR Homemade pie filling
  • Perfect for breakfast, brunch OR dessert (maybe even with ice cream!)
A can of Grands! crescent rolls, a bowl of pie filling for blueberry danish, a small bowl of vanilla, a dish of powdered sugar, and a small jug of cream are arranged on a light surface with labels for each ingredient.

5 Blueberry Danish Ingredients

  • Crescent Roll Dough: Use name brand or store brand, just one can (8 rolls).
  • Blueberry Pie Filling: You can use my homemade blueberry pie filling or buy a 21 ounce can.
  • Powdered Sugar: For the glaze.
  • Vanilla Extract: Love this flavor in the glaze. You could also use lemon juice and/or lemon zest.
  • Heavy Cream or milk for the glaze: Any kind of milk (or nondairy milk) works but the higher the fat the more white and thick your glaze will be. (Heavy cream will be thick, white, and somewhat harden whereas fat free milk will be almost translucent and runnier.)

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Overhead view of easy blueberry danish with pieces cut

Dorothy’s Testing Tips

  • Use any kind of pie filling to make new flavors of danish.
  • It’s easiest to make this right on the cookie sheet. The parchment paper makes it super simple.
  • I tested all different kinds of milk and preferred a glaze made with heavy whipping cream or half and half.
  • Be sure to bake it long enough that the bottom is cooked through.
  • Store in the refrigerator tightly covered.
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Easy Blueberry Danish Recipe

By: Dorothy Kern
This easy breakfast or brunch is a 5 ingredient danish with crescent rolls and blueberry pie filling!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Close up of easy blueberry danish showing inside blueberry filling
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Ingredients

  • 1 8-count can Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
  • 2 cups blueberry pie filling
  • 1 egg white, for egg wash
  • ½ cup (57g) powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract, see note
  • 1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream, see note

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
  • Unroll crescent rolls onto parchment paper and press seams together to seal.
  • Use a knife to cut 2-inch slits 1-inch apart up and down both sides of the dough.
  • Spread pie filling down the center of the dough. Wrap up the slit pieces of dough like a braid or mummy. Brush with just a bit of egg white.
  • Bake for 23-28 minutes, or until the top is golden brown. Cool before glazing.
  • To make the glaze: Whisk powdered sugar with vanilla and heavy whipping cream. Drizzle over danish.
  • Slice to serve, store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. May prep the entire danish the night before, store in the refrigerator and bake the next morning.

Notes

  • Vanilla Extract: you can also use 1 teaspoon lemon juice or ½ teaspoon almond or lemon extract in place of the vanilla.
  • Milk: the higher the fat content of the milk, the more you need. The glaze is also runnier and less white the less fat content there is in the milk. So, if you’re using heavy whipping cream you’ll need more milk than if you’re using nonfat. If using anything besides heavy whipping cream, start with 2 teaspoons.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 126kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 67mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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crescent roll dough flattened on cookie sheet
crescent roll dough with filling down the center on cookie sheet
blueberry danish unbaked on cookie sheet

How to Make Easy Blueberry Danish

  1. It’s easiest to do this right on the parchment paper on the cookie sheet you’ll be baking it on. Cut 1-inch wide strips about halfway in each side of the crescent roll sheet.
  2. Place the pie filling in the middle of the pastry.
  3. Wrap up the pastry in a braided fashion.

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  3. I made this with apple pie filling. It was delicious! Super easy and everyone loved it. I’m going to definitely make again with other fruits and maybe add some cream cheese filling!

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