Description
Sausage Cream Cheese Crescents wrap warm, savory goodness into a quick snack your family will devour in minutes. Flaky pastry hugs zesty sausage and creamy filling, delivering a delightful bite that disappears faster than you can plate them.
Ingredients
Scale
Protein:
- 1 pound ground sausage
Main Ingredients:
- 1 can crescent roll dough
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
Seasonings:
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Heat your oven to 375F, preparing a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Cook 1 pound ground sausage in a skillet over medium heat until completely browned and no pink remains.
- Drain 2-3 tablespoons of excess grease from the cooked sausage.
- Blend 8 ounces softened cream cheese with the sausage, adding ½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon onion powder, and ¼ teaspoon black pepper.
- Carefully unroll the crescent roll dough, separating each triangle on a clean surface.
- Scoop approximately 1 tablespoon of sausage mixture onto the wide end of each crescent triangle.
- Gently roll each triangle from the wide end, tucking edges to seal the filling inside.
- Arrange the rolled crescents on the prepared baking sheet, spacing them 1 inch apart.
- Bake for exactly 13-14 minutes until the tops turn golden brown and edges are crispy.
- Remove from oven and let cool on the baking sheet for 3-4 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Swap out regular sausage for turkey sausage to make the recipe lighter and lower in fat.
- Room temperature cream cheese blends more smoothly with the cooked sausage, creating a creamier filling.
- Make these ahead and refrigerate for up to 24 hours before baking, which helps develop deeper flavor combinations.
- For a gluten-free version, use gluten-free crescent roll dough and check that your sausage is certified gluten-free.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Baked
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 370 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 580 mg
- Fat: 30 g
- Saturated Fat: 12 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 9 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 65 mg