Sopapilla Cheesecake
Sopapilla Cheesecake is an easy recipe with layers of sweet cream cheese, crescent dough, and a cinnamon sugar layer. This is the perfect ending to your Mexican dessert. Don’t know what to make for Cinco De Mayo? This is one of my favorite desserts to go with these Baked Chicken Chimichangas? This is it!
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EASY SOPAPILLA CHEESECAKE RECIPE
I don’t know if I would necessarily dub it a cheesecake more like a thick cream cheese layer but it’s good nonetheless and one of the easiest dessert recipes to make.
How could it not be good. Buttery cinnamon sugar, cream cheese…come on. Not all delicious desserts have to be complicated. This one has simple ingredients.
This would be the perfect sweet treat to a Mexican meal. The best part is you can eat it warm with ice cream or it’s good chilled…your choice.
HOW TO MAKE SOPAPILLA CHEESECAKE
To make Sopapilla Cheesecake, unroll crescent rolls and press them in a greased baking dish. Mix the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla for the filling and spread over the dough. Unroll the remaining crescent rolls and place on top. Pour on butter and sprinkle the cinnamon sugar on top. Bake for 30 minutes until brown.
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First, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Unroll one can of crescent rolls and press it into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
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Next, in a large bowl blend the cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, and the vanilla on medium speed with a hand mixer. Spread evenly over the top of the crescent roll dough.
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Unroll your second can of dough onto a sheet of saran wrap or some other surface and press the perforations together. Transfer to your baking pan, placing it on top of the cream cheese layer.
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Pour the melted butter on top of the dough.
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In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over the melted butter.
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Bake cheesecake for 25-30 minutes until bubbly and and the top is golden brown. Let it cool and store in the fridge. When ready to serve, slice and add whipped cream and strawberries if desired.
You could even drizzle honey over it or strawberries and whipped cream.
You could even drizzle honey over it or strawberries and whipped cream.
OTHER CHEESECAKE RECIPES
- Turtle Cheesecake
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake
- Cinnamon Roll Cheesecake
- Churro Cheesecake Eclairs
- Mini Chocolate Cheesecakes
- Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
- Cookies and Cream Cheesecakes
- Carrot Cake Cheesecake
Sopapilla Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 2 (8 ounce cans) Pillsbury crescent rolls
- 2 (8 ounce packages) cream cheese (room temperature)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray. Unroll one can of crescent rolls and press it into the bottom of your baking dish sealing perforations.
- In a medium bowl blend the cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar, and the vanilla. Spread evenly over the top of the crescent roll layer.
- Unroll your second can of crescent rolls onto a sheet of saran wrap or some other surface and press the perforations together. Transfer to your baking dish, placing it on top of the cream cheese mixture.
- Pour the melted butter on top of the crescent dough.
- In a small bowl, combine the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly over the melted butter.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until bubbly and bottom crust is slightly browned. Let it cool and store in the refrigerator. When ready to serve, slice and add whipped cream and strawberries if desired. Store leftovers in an airtight container.
We absolutely loved this! It was so good that my boyfriend served himself a piece and took a bite on the way to the dining table…..but he never made it. Instead he turned right around, went back to the kitchen and grabbed a second piece. That’s how good this is!!! I had eaten it before at potlucks, etc., but somehow this one just tasted exceptional and we couldn’t stop eating it! My guess is that it is due to the amount of cinnamon sugar on top and not because of my cooking skills. Normally it’s the opposite – everyone else’s food always tastes better! This is my first time to your website, but as Arnold S. says, “I’ll be back”!!!
Love your recipes I am always wanting to try something new for my dad and I to try
Thx Joanna
Can you make half a recipe?
Sure! In a 9×9 baking dish or 8×8
Is it okay/safe to eat even if the filling ends up not being set after it cools? I took it out because it seemed set and brown on top, but when I cut it, the filling oozes out in the middle sections. Thanks!
You should let it cool slightly before cutting into it or even eat it cold. The filling does not set firm after baking.
Salted or unsalted butter?
Doesn’t matter. I always use unsalted
Thank you for this recipe!! My go-to bake for birthdays, holidays, and even last-minute occasions! It’s so easy to make and only takes me a few hours, but still gets RAVE reviews from everybody and they are obsessed, coming back for seconds every time! Thank you so much Christy!
How far in advance can u make this ?
If you store in the fridge, a few days ahead will work.
It is good you can’t help but have seconds and even thirds. Fantastic
I agree!
So yummy! I’ve made this several times and have loved adding apple pie filling on top of the cheesecake filling before adding the top layer of crescent dough.
sounds delicious
Ok this is the first time over ever baked from scratch (actually mixing and measuring my own ingredients) it looks so good but I cut the recipe in half and maybe messed up so I’ll try again as I used a loaf pan and maybe over did the butter as it’s soupy on top 😔
Did you bake it yet? It’s still soupy?
Can I substitute whipped cream cheese for the blocks in this recipe if I go by weight?
yes!
Was very delicious. I made it for my family and they all loved it ! I would definitely make this again with the same recipe
Thank you!!
Had everyone raving about these lol, absolutely delicious and perfect size for serving a good size family
so glad you liked it
A co-worker brought these to a food day at work, and everyone fell in love with them. I had 3 that day!
Thank you!
Outstanding & easy to make!!!
Thank you!
Could you substitute puff pastry instead of the crescent dough?
I haven’t tried it
This is the best stuff. My recipe calls for 3 blocks of cream cheese and sliced almonds sprinkled on top before baking. Here’s an excellent idea to make this for breakfast. I substitute all the crescent rolls with homemade French toast. After baking, I Top with glazed strawberries. It’s fantastic. Even cold!
Thank you!
Amazing, amazing, amazing! Thank you very much.
You’re welcome!
Love your recipes. Always a hit
Thank you!
How much butter?
Recipe called for 1/4 cup.
1/4 cup butter
Can you add some almond extract as well?
That would be great
Simple and decadent!
Been making this for years, my office asks for it every time we have a luncheon…just finished making 4 of them for tomorrow. I would add a picture but can’t in this comment field
Shoot! not sure why it won’t let you upload. That’s awesome!
This is a GREAT cheeses cake and very easy to make. Try it
you will like it. My family loves it.
Thank you!
Do you think if i made it with browned butter it would upgrade it more?
Ooh maybe
This recipe is extremely delicious! Whole family ate and raved how much they loved it.
Thank you!
This is a simple and tasty dessert to make. Only thing I did differently was drizzle some caramel on top of the filling before adding the top crust. Gave it an almost dulce de Leche flavor. Pretty good!
Forgot to mention, now that they sell the crescent dough in sheets it’s even easier 🙂
great idea!
How many Calories in cream cheese sopapilla?
This is delicious don’t get me wrong, but cresent dough and sopapilla dough aren’t the same thing at all. This is more like cinnamon sugar cheesecake bars.
Yes you’re right
Can I assemble the cheesecake, refrigerate and then bake later in the day?
Crescent dough tends to dry out so it’s not ideal but can be doable
My friend made these and they are amazing! Gonna try using the crescent dough sheet to see if that works the same!
I adore this recipe. I always follow the recipe to a “t”. Everyone always loves it. I bring it in occasionally to work warm in the mornings for a coffee cake. Delish!!!
Have made these with thin layer of drained crushed pineapple on top of cream cheese mixture, and also with canned cherry pie or blueberry filling before top crust is added.
Yum! Sounds delicious!
That sounds delicious!
Love it as written but try adding a finely diced tart apple to the filling it’s wonderful.
Super easy and tasty !
I made it as a dessert for my husband’s birthday dinner of enchiladas and cheesy rice-a day late, since he spent his actual birthday in the hospital with an infected cat scratch on his eyelid!
(No we did not put the cat down. People keep asking us that and I find it disturbing)
Anyway, he was so excited about it he halved his usual dinner portions to make sure he had room. Loved it!
Man I’m so sorry about your husband’s eye. That sounds awful. I’m glad he enjoyed his dessert!
thank you for this insightful review. really sold me on this dessert and to not get a cat. happy holidays.
Do you think I could bake this in a cast iron Dutch oven?
I haven’t tried it but don’t see why not.
It’s a very simple recipe. I may cut out some of the sugar for the topping to make it a little less sweet, however still a good recipe for a quick and tasty dessert.
Thank you!
amazingly good! and easy.
Maybe 30 min is too long. Like.mine more creamy but awesome recipe. Thanks for putting it on here.
You’re welcome!
amazingly good! and easy.
Delicious!
Can you freeze this?
Thanks!
I haven’t tried it but I don’t see why not.
I’ve made this before. However make sure when buying the crescent rolls you get the right kind…. I accidentally bought GARLIC flavored!! That was a disaster!
Just discovered your blog = amazing ideas! I hope it’s ok – I just pinned this recipe with the link to your blog on pinterest. I’m going to try these this weekend for a cino de mayo party. Thanks for sharing your gift of cooking and baking so willingly! Much appreciative, cheers!
Your site is one of my favorites now. No other dessert compares to this. Thank you for posting it. I had to share it with everyone on my food blog http://go-bite-me.blogspot.com/
You should see the easy molten chocolate cakes on there, another of my favorites.
How do you do it? You’ve got two wild ones, and you’re about to pop with another…and you still make time for delicious things like this! This looks amazing!
that looks like a diet killer!