Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls
These golden Rotel sausage and cream cheese crescents feature flaky pastry filled with a creamy, slightly spicy sausage mixture—an easy, crowd-pleasing appetizer for any occasion.
Servings: 32 crescent bites
Calories: 113kcal
Equipment
- 1 Baking sheet
- 1 Pizza Cutter
- 1 Cookie scoop
Ingredients
- 1 pound mild breakfast sausage, cooked and crumbled
- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 10 ounces fire roasted diced tomatoes and green chilies, well drained
- 1 teaspoon fresh parsley finely chopped
- 2 cans refrigerated crescent roll dough (two 8-ounce cans)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium size mixing bowl, mix together the cooked and crumbled sausage, softened cream cheese, drained tomatoes and green chilies and the chopped parsley until completely combined.
- Roll out one canister of crescent dough.
- Cut along the perforated lines with a pizza cutter. Separate the triangles of dough. Carefully slice the triangles in half lengthwise.
- Scoop 1 tablespoon of the sausage filling with the cookie scoop, and place at the center top of the triangle. (If you do not have a small cookie scoop, you can use regular teaspoons).
- Stretch the top of the dough over the sausage filling and roll towards the end of the triangle. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough and filling.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for a few minutes before serving.
Notes
- Before adding the scoop of sausage mixture I like to pat the dough out just a bit to get more coverage of dough.
- Chopped cilantro can be added to the filling for even more southwest flavor.
- Feel free to substitute mild or hot diced tomatoes and green chilies if you are not able to find the fire roasted.
- Turkey sausage and low fat cream cheese can be substituted for those who are watching their fat intake.
Nutrition
Calories: 113kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 219mg | Potassium: 59mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 93IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.4mg
