Lemon Crescent Cream Cheese Danish - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
1 egg yolk
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 cup lemon jam
1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup pecans
1 egg white
powdered sugar

Preparation

Set oven to 375 degrees.
Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
Unroll one can of the rolls then press into the bottom of prepared baking dish.
In a bowl beat egg yolk with cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice and vanilla until smooth and well blended; spread on the crescent roll dough in the pan.
Top/spread with a thin layer of lemon jam.
Unroll the remaining can of crescent dough then shape into a 13 x 9-inch rectangle, place over the cream cheese filling mixture.
Whisk the egg white then brush over the dough, then sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Cool in pan then cut into squares.