Description
Rotel sausage & cream cheese crescents bring hearty southwestern flavors to party appetizers. Quick finger foods promise zesty bites with spicy sausage, melted cream cheese, and crisp crescent dough that guests will devour.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb breakfast sausage (adequately cooked and crumbled)
- 8 oz (226 g) cream cheese (brought to room temperature)
- 10 oz (283 g) can of rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies (thoroughly drained)
- 2 cans (8 oz or 226 g each) refrigerated crescent rolls
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375ºF, creating an ideal environment for baking crispy, golden crescents.
- In a mixing bowl, thoroughly blend crumbled breakfast sausage, softened cream cheese, and drained Rotel tomatoes with green chilies until ingredients are evenly distributed.
- Gently unroll crescent roll dough and split each triangle lengthwise, creating two narrow triangular shapes.
- Scoop a precise portion of the sausage-cheese mixture onto the wider end of each triangular dough piece.
- Carefully roll the dough from the wide end toward the pointed tip, completely enclosing the filling within each crescent.
- Position the filled crescents on a baking sheet, maintaining equal spacing between each piece to ensure uniform cooking.
- Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, watching for a rich golden-brown color that signals perfect doneness.
- Remove crescents from the oven and let them rest for a few minutes to cool slightly before serving, allowing the filling to set and flavors to meld.
Notes
- Crumble sausage completely to ensure even distribution and prevent large chunks that might tear the dough.
- Pat Rotel tomatoes dry with paper towels to prevent excess moisture from making crescents soggy.
- Use room temperature cream cheese for smoother mixing and easier spreading inside the crescent dough.
- Experiment with different sausage types like spicy chorizo or turkey sausage for unique flavor variations.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 359 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 640 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 13 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 11 g
- Cholesterol: 55 mg