Cream Cheese Sweet Bread
Cream Cheese Sweet Bread is a breakfast Danish that is made with yeast-leavened dough topped with a cream cheese filling, crumble, and drizzled with icing.
Servings: 15
Calories: 302kcal
Ingredients
Dough
- 1 cup water, warmed (about 110-115°F)
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2½ cups (312.5 g) all-purpose flour
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
Crumble
- ½ cup (1 stick / 113 g) unsalted butter, cold and cubed
- ¾ cup (94 g) all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup (42 g) confectioners' sugar
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
Icing
- 1 cup (125 g) confectioners' sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons whole milk, room temperature
Instructions
Dough
- In a large bowl, combine water, yeast, and sugar. Stir and let it rest for 5 minutes.
- Add oil and flour; stir to combine.
- Add dough to a greased bowl and cover with a tea towel. Let the dough rest for 40 minutes, or until doubled in size.
- While the dough is rising, make the filling and crumble.
Cream Cheese Filling
- In the bowl of a stand mixer or using a hand-held mixer, combine the cream cheese and sugar until smooth and creamy. Add the filling to a piping bag with a large round tip and set it aside. (You could also just simply cut off the end of the piping bag.)
Crumble
- Using a food processor, fork, or clean hands; combine butter, flour, sugar, and salt in a bowl. Make sure the butter is broken down and no larger than a pea when you are done. Set aside.
Assembly and Baking
- Preheat oven to 450°F and spray an 11x15-inch sheet pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Add dough to the prepared pan and work it to the edges.
- Pipe the cream cheese filling on the dough in three vertical lines, leaving about 2 inches of space between each line.
- Top evenly with the crumble and bake for 12-14 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
- Let the sweet bread cool for 10-15 minutes before icing.
Icing
- In a medium bowl combine confectioners sugar and milk. Add more milk (one teaspoon at a time) to reach your desired consistency.
- Drizzle the icing over the sweet bread or use a piping bag with a fine tip.
Nutrition
Calories: 302kcal