Who Wouldn't Want to Wake Up to This Homemade Blueberry Cream Cheese Braid?

This recipe is the answer to all of your questions on what to make for breakfast. If you are a person who just can't have bacon and eggs every day, this blueberry cream cheese braid recipe will satisfy all of your sweet tooth cravings.

The blueberries cook down to a juicy sauce, and the cream cheese provides a good balance to counter the natural sugar of the fruit. Plus you'll have fun braiding the dough!

Blueberry Cream Cheese Braid

• Prep Time:15 mins
• Cook Time:15 mins
• Total Time:30 mins
• Servings:12
• Easy

Ingredients

• 1 8 oz tube crescent dough sheet
• 4 oz cream cheese
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar divided
• 2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries
• 1 tablespoon corn starch
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
• 2 tablespoon turbinado or raw sugar
• 1 tube vanilla icing

• Step 1

  Roll out the crescent dough.

  

• Step 2

  Cream together the cream cheese and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Spread into the center of the dough.

  

• Step 3

  Using a knife, cut diagonal 1" strips along the sides of the dough.

  

• Step 4

  In a bowl, add the remaining 2 tabslespoons of sugar, and the cornstarch, and mix together to coat the berries.

  

• Step 5

  Pour the berry mixture over the center cream cheese area of the dough. Sprinkle the berries with the sliced almonds.

  

• Step 6

  Gently fold over each end of the dough on to the berries, alternating each side.

  

• Step 7

  Bake at 375 for 15-18 mins.

  

• Step 8

  When breakfast braid comes out of the oven, drizzle with glaze. Slice and serve.