Cream cheese dough

For a novice baker, this is the most forgiving dough to work with. The cream cheese allows this pastry some elasticity but still produces tender and flaky results. From the book "Mad Hungry," by Lucinda Scala Quinn (Artisan Books).

Make the simplest cream cheese pie crust! This easy recipe requires just 3 ingredients for a crust you can fill with a variety of fillings.

Cream cheese pastry works well with just about any filling from sweet to savory.

This Easy Cream Cheese Pie Crust Recipe is made with both cream cheese and butter, giving it a rich flavor and flaky texture! Perfect basic dough recipe for all pies!

Soft, flaky and delicious cream cheese dough filled with a sweet cream mixture and strawberry jam.

A simple and fluffy cream cheese pastry that whips up in no time at all, perfect for tarts, pies or small hors d'oeuvres.

Kolaczki are traditional Polish cream cheese cookies made with a simple dough wrapped around fruit filling and dusted with powdered sugar.

Cream Cheese Pie Crust. Half cream cheese, half butter, all delicious goodness. Stays flaky and tastes so much better than using all shortening or butter!

Loaded with sweet and tangy cream cheese, this braided cream cheese Danish is the classic pastry we've always loved, now can be made at home.

Skip the bakery and make these easy cream cheese danishes with Rhodes dinner rolls! These cream cheese danishes are made with a soft, yeasted bread dough, creamy cheesecake filling, and finished with a generous dusting of powdered sugar!