Crescents with Cream Cheese Sausage
Crescents with Cream Cheese Sausage is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that combines savory breakfast sausage with creamy cheese, all wrapped in flaky crescent dough. Perfect for brunch or a quick dinner, this recipe is sure to please everyone at the table.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Lunch
- Method: No bake
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground breakfast sausage (pork or turkey)
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 rolls of crescent dough
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C).
- In a large skillet, crumble and brown the sausage until fully cooked. Season with salt and pepper. Drain excess fat.
- Add the cream cheese to the cooked sausage and stir until fully melted and blended. Remove from heat.
- Lightly spray a 9×13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Unroll one can of crescent dough and place it evenly in the bottom of the prepared baking pan. Stretch the dough to fit if needed.
- Spoon the sausage and cream cheese mixture evenly over the crescent dough layer.
- Unroll the second can of crescent dough and place it over the sausage mixture. Press the edges to seal.
- Place the pan in the oven and bake for 20 minutes, or until the top layer of crescent dough is lightly browned.
- Allow to cool slightly before cutting into squares.
Nutrition
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 680mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 14g
- Cholesterol: 60mg