Apple Pear Cream Cheese Drop Danish

Ingredients

• 3 oz cream cheese softened
• 1 tablespoon sugar 
• 1 tablespoon milk 
• 0.3 cup butter unsalted softened
• 2 tablespoons sugar 
• 0.7 cup milk 
• 0.5  apples peeled thinly sliced
• 0.5  pears peeled thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon butter unsalted melted
• 2 tablespoons honey 
• 1 serving ground cinnamon for sprinkling
• 2 cups frangelico 

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• oven

Directions

1. Heat oven to 450°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray.
2. In small bowl, stir cream cheese, 1 tablespoon sugar and 1 tablespoon milk until smooth; set aside. In large bowl, stir Bisquick mix, 1/4 cup softened butter and 2 tablespoons sugar until mixture looks like coarse crumbs. Stir in 2/3 cup milk until stiff dough forms.
3. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Make a shallow well in center of each with fingers and back of spoon. Fill each well with about 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture.
4. Cut slices of apple and pear in half widthwise; fan 3 half-slices over top of each Danish (2 apple, 1 pear or vice-versa).
5. Combine 1 tablespoon melted butter and the honey; lightly brush on fruit slices.
6. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon; serve warm.