Today I am sharing an awesome appetizer my best friend, Sandi, made over Thanksgiving – Cranberry-Cream Cheese Crescent Bites! Only 5 ingredients!
EASY CRANBERRY-CREAM CHEESE CRESCENT BITES (5 Ingredients)
A delicious one-bite cranberry, jalapeño, chives, cream cheese stuffed crescent appetizer, baked to perfection, that will have family and friends asking for more and begging for the recipe! Best of all, they’re a cinch to make, calling for only five simple ingredients!
This appetizer is wonderful and so easy to make, they get devoured…you may want to double the recipe.
For this appetizer you only need five ingredients – cream cheese, chopped dried cranberries, fresh chopped chives, seeded and finely diced jalapeño peppers and one can of refrigerated crescent dough sheet or crescent dinner rolls….that’s it!
The cream cheese filling with the jalapeño, cranberries and chives is perfection. The flavors go so well together. Your guests will be asking for the recipe!
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Cranberry-Cream Cheese Crescent Bites
A delicious one-bite cranberry, jalapeño, chives, cream cheese stuffed crescent appetizer, baked to perfection, that will have family and friends asking for more and begging for the recipe! Best of all, they’re a cinch to make, calling for only 5 simple ingredients!
Ingredients
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3 Tablespoons dried cranberries, chopped
- 1 Tablespoon chives, chopped
- 1 teaspoon jalapeño pepper/chile, seeded and finely diced
- 1 can (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent dough sheet OR 1 can (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees f. Line two cookie sheets with foil or parchment paper.
- In a medium size bowl, add cream cheese, cranberries, jalapeño and chives and mix well.
- On a clean countertop or cutting board, roll out crescent rolls. Press seams together (if using regular crescent rolls) and form into a rectangle shape.
- With a sharp knife or pizza cutter, cut 6 rows by 4 rows, for a total of 24 squares.
- Fill each square with a teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture. Bring the 4 corners of each square together and pinch closed, leaving small gaps between the seams.
- Place the crescent bites evenly on a cookie sheet and bake on the middle rack of the oven for 11 to 13 minutes, they are ready when they start to turn light golden brown.
Notes
Tried & True Recipe from Pillsbury
For a great step-by-step photo tutorial and to print this awesome recipe, please head to Pillsbury.
*If you do not have access to crescent rolls, head to The Brown Eyed Baker for a homemade crescent rolls recipe.
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