Kick off holiday baking season with these easy golden and flaky Cranberry Orange Cheesecake Crescent Bars. Perfect for serving with a cup of coffee at the end of your holiday meal.
Place the dried cranberries in a small bowl with the orange juice and set aside until needed.
Unroll 1 roll of crescent rolls and lay the sheet of dough without pulling the crescent rolls apart in a shallow baking pan or on a cookie sheet.
Press the seams that divide each crescent roll closed.
Beat the cream cheese, butter, egg, vanilla and orange zest until creamy. Add the powdered sugar to the bowl and beat until combined.
Drain the dried cranberries from the orange juice. Fold the cranberries into the batter. Spread the cheesecake filling over the sheet of crescent rolls leaving the edges uncovered with filling.
Place the second sheet of dough over the filling. Brush the top of the dough with melted butter and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the top.Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.