These are super yummie! I am not real sure where the recipe came from, but they are pretty easy to prepare and great to take with you to work to share with co-workers... they will thank you! These are also a big hit at baby showers... or just for your husband on a Saturday morning- because you love him (my husband ate about 3/4 of these... and I let him... because I love him!)
Cream Cheese Sausage Pinwheels
1 Roll Breakfast Sausage
1 Tube Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
1 Pkg Softened Cream Cheese
Brown sausage and drain.
In a large bowl, combine cooked sausage with softened cream cheese.
Remove crescent roll dough from packaging do not separate sections, and roll out into a rectangle, sealing the perforated areas with your fingers- so the cream cheese doesn't oooze out of the cracks!
Spread the cream cheese mixture over the dough in a thin even layer. Roll the dough lengthwise (if you roll from the short side- the pinwheels will be fatter- but you wont get as many!)
Once rolled up- refrigerate for at least 20 mins- or if you are in a hurry like I usually am, put it in the freezer til' firm... this will help the dough keep shape while cutting
Cut in about 1/4" sections and lay on baking sheet. Bake for about 15 mins or until crescent roll is cooked.
This is a holiday favorite at our house....YUMMY
ReplyDeleteMarnie in Tallahassee
what should the oven be sit on??
ReplyDeleteSo sorry! I never realized that I didn't post that!
ReplyDeleteBake at 375, just keep an eye on them.. if they are cut thin they will cook faster!
These were great! I added some mushrooms to my mixture. Next time I will add some onions as well. I tried them at home and now will be taking them for teacher appreciation week at my children's school. I highly recommend them!
ReplyDeleteI must to say the cheese drives me crazy, I approach every time for eat cheese and I add in my recipes all the time. I read some days ago the cheese have many properties and vitamin. The most important thing is the potassium and calcium the cheese contain. I am sure that When i buying my house through costa rica homes for sale i will prepare a dinner for all my friends and I will add many cheese. That will be wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHow many pinwheels will it make?
ReplyDeleteIt makes about 18 - 20. It's very easily doubled though if you need more!
ReplyDeletedid I miss how many ounces of cream cheese??? 3oz or 8oz?
ReplyDeleteyou need one package of cream cheese softened
ReplyDeletethese look delicious!
ReplyDeleteI have made these pinwheels for years. I use several layers of paper towels to drain the sausage and squeeze all of the fat out. I also use hot sausage in this recipe. It is spicey but not too much so. It is a great compliment to the cream cheese. Use the 8 oz. block of cream cheese. These are a family favorite here.
ReplyDeleteThese were a HIT at a baby shower I hosted yesterday. Eaten until the last crumb! Super easy to make - thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteWe love these!! We add sautéed peppers and onions to ours and its even better!
ReplyDeleteSounds really good! You could also vary the receipe by using italian sausage, add chopped baby spinach, red pepper, fresh parmesan cheese, a little mayo and a little sour cream.
ReplyDeleteI am going to make this look soooo good
ReplyDeleteGot to try !!
ReplyDeleteIn the oven right now! Got the hot sausage and accidentally purchased 1/3 less fat cream cheese...hope it's ok. They smell amazing!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are all trying this! I haven't made these in so long! I need to!
ReplyDeleteLeah, I'm so happy for you and your family that your husband is back! The recipe's great - I use Pepp. Farm puff pastry sheets instead of bread dough....
DeleteWe do something like this, but with leftover rotisserie chicken, cream cheese, crescent rolls, and a Tb milk and 1/4 c. onion. I lay them on squares and pull up the corners, usually making six. Awesome. I'll have to try these with the sausage.
ReplyDeleteI've learned that the chicken ones are great for playing with flavors - garlic and herb, curry with fruit, etc.
OUR NEW TURKEY DAY EVE TRADITION...CREAM CHEESE SAUSAGE PINWHEELS and CHEESE GRITS..YUMMMM
ReplyDeleteCan I prepare them the night before then cook the next day?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure itt would be fIne, if you wake it to the point of regrigeration. just wrap it in Plastic wrap so it doesn't dry the crescent roll dough out.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes use the Maple Flavored Jimmy Dean Sausage which gives the pinwheels a nutty, rather sweet flavor. Awesome!
ReplyDeleteWe just had them for breakfast and they were a hit, especially with my 3 and 5 yr old. I used pilsbury garlic breadsticks instead of the crescents and it worked great.Thanks for an easy and Great Idea.
ReplyDeleteI have got to try this, sounds yummy. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMaking these for Family Game Night (the family will be my guinea pigs before I take them to my ladies' bible study group next week!) - can't wait to try them. =)
ReplyDeleteI just made these! really good and so easy
ReplyDeleteSound great ... making Christmas Eve!
ReplyDeleteI make this using 2 rolls of crescent rolls (Big & butter), 2 8oz cream cheese and 2 rolls of sausage (I use one regular and one hot). Prepare just as Leah does except, roll one can of crescent rolls out (on wax paper) to fit a 9x13 dish (I usually use a disposable one) line the pan sprayed with some sort of cooking spray (I use baker's joy)with the 1st rolled out cressant, pinching any seams together. Add the sausage mixture and top with the reamining crescent rolls (rolled out as the first layer) Bake in 350 degree oven until golden brown. Cut into squares to serve. Left overs are great heated in the Microwave!!
ReplyDeleteDo these need to be refrigerated after they are cooked? I made them and realized I wasn't sure where I should store the leftovers!
ReplyDeleteFor a lighter version, I used low fat cream cheese, jimmy dean turkey sausage crumbles, and added onions for extra flavor. they were delicious! thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteAnn P, I make it the same way all the time and it is a huge hit. I am going to make the pin wheel version tomorrow. I am sure it will be just as delicious!
ReplyDeleteSimply delicious!! Even my 5 year old who eats like a bird gobbled them up!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Just made them and they were totally delicious! Thanks for the receipe and sharing all the tips. This is a definite for all occasions now.
ReplyDeleteWOW just made them they were great!
ReplyDeletemy husband said, it was the best thing he
had ever ate thanks
I saw this recipe when I was in a pinch. I knew I had a can of crescent rolls in the fridge, but I didn't have sausage. So I made something similar, BUFFALO style. I used chicken instead of sausage with the cream cheese. Then I added some franks red hot sauce. YUM..
ReplyDeleteYummy!!!!!! I made these today for the first time! Definitely NOT the last! I added a can of rotel! Delicious!
ReplyDeleteCan I freeze them? :)
ReplyDeletethese were wonderful! just made them for the first time this morning and each of my boys and hubby had 3 of them!
ReplyDeleteI used turkey sausage (lower calories)and fat free cream cheese and ended up with 17 of these at 120 calories each (I count so I was so happy to see that they were pretty low! YuM!
Just made these.... big crowd pleaser!!! I bought the store brand crescent rolls and they seemed smaller than yours. My sausage/cheese mixture was way to much to roll up, so I put it all in the middle, sliced the sides of the dough and braided it over top. It worked great!
ReplyDeleteThese were awesome! We made these before but with cheddar cheese. I like these much better.
ReplyDeleteHere is another version too:
ReplyDeleteSAUSAGE PINWHEELS
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1 c. flour
1 (3 oz.) cream cheese
1 stick butter
1/2 lb. sausage
Mix together for pastry flour, cream cheese, and butter; roll out on waxed paper into a 6 x 12 inch rectangle about 1/4 inch thick. Top with 1/2 pound browned and drained sausage; roll up like a jelly roll. Chill. Slice and bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 350 degrees until done.
Made these for Sunday School breakfast today. I added the green peppers and onions. They were a hit. Thank you!
ReplyDeletecan you make them in advance and freeze them prior to cooking?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to make this for Sunday School class tomorrow. If you didn't know, they sell seamless crescent rolls now! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
ReplyDeleteI'm making them with onions and peppers!
Has anyone tried to freeze these for a few days before cooking?
ReplyDeleteThese sound wonderful, but how do you print this recipe? Mind you it is not a difficult one but it would be nice to have a printed version.
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