Description
These Rotel Sausage & Cream Cheese Crescents are a delicious and easy appetizer or snack that is perfect for any gathering. A savory mixture of sausage, cream cheese, and Rotel tomatoes is rolled up in crescent dough and baked to golden perfection.
Ingredients
Scale
Sausage Filling:
- 1 (1-lb) roll breakfast sausage, cooked and crumbled
- 1 (8-oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1 (10-oz) can Rotel diced tomatoes and green chilies, drained very well
Crescent Rolls:
- 2 (8-oz) cans refrigerated crescent rolls
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375ºF. In a large bowl, mix together cooked sausage, cream cheese, and drained Rotel tomatoes and green chilies.
- Separate rolls into triangles. Cut each triangle in half lengthwise making two triangles. Using a small cookie scoop, scoop sausage filling onto each roll and roll up.
- Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
Notes
- It is very important to drain the Rotel tomatoes. I suggest draining them in a colander and squeezing out any excess liquid with paper towels. You need to get as much moisture out of the tomatoes as possible.
- I used Jimmy Dean Sausage. Can substitute turkey sausage.
- I like to pulse the cooked sausage in a food processor to get it very finely chopped. It isn’t necessary, but it helps to get all of the ingredients evenly incorporated.
- Can substitute low-fat cream cheese if you prefer.
- Can use reduced-fat crescent rolls. I use the reduced-fat crescent rolls all the time. You can’t tell a difference.
- You can make the filling ahead of time and refrigerate until ready to assemble the crescents. The filling will keep up to 3 days in the refrigerator.
- I find it easier to cut the crescent rolls in half with a pizza cutter.
- I use a small cookie scoop to scoop the filling onto the crescent rolls.
- These bites taste great hot out of the oven or cooled to room temperature.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bite
- Calories: 125
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 6g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
