Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls

These quick and easy Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls are the perfect party appetizer. Filled with savory sausage and a creamy cheese filling, they are sure to be a hit with everyone.

These Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls are so easy to make that you just may make them for all your parties or game day food. We love the cream cheese sausage crescent rolls almost as much as these Air Fryer Sausage Balls.

If you are looking for easy recipes for a New Year’s Eve appetizer, this one is for you. I’m even going to give you tips to prepare these crescent roll appetizers in advance so that all you have to do is bake them up when you need them. Having them ready to bake is essential for impromptu game day munchies! The whole family will love them!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Sausage and cream cheese crescent rolls are a fun way to serve an appetizer.
• Simple ingredients are used to make these a yummy savory appetizer.
• They’re also great to serve at breakfast or brunches.
• The sausage rolls are seriously addicting.

What to Serve with the Sausage Cream Cheese Rolls

When serving these as an appetizer, these Everything Bagel Mini Pigs in a Blanket go well them, and really, any appetizer will be delicious to serve with them If you’re planning to serve them for breakfast or brunch, include a bowl of maple syrup to drizzle over the rolls. So good! Add them to this Breakfast Charcuterie Board or serve with Cinnamon French Toast.

If you’re more of a pepperoni person, give these pepperoni pinwheels a try. They’re just as easy to make and delicious.

Equipment

• baking sheet
• silicone baking mat or parchment paper
• skillet
• mixing bowl
• spatula

Ingredients

• 1 pound bulk pork sausage (regular or spicy) – I like to use Jimmy Dean breakfast sausage
• ½ cup diced red pepper
• 1 8-ounce package of cream cheese
• 2 tubes 8 ounces each crescent rolls (or 2 tubes of crescent dough sheets) *reduced-fat crescent rolls works too.
• 1 cup shredded cheese ( I used a blend of cheddar)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 green onion, sliced (topping, optional)
• Diced tomatoes (topping, optional)

Steps to Make Sausage Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls

Step 1

In a cast iron skillet or large skillet, crumble the raw sausage and cook it over medium-high. Keep breaking the sausage up as it cooks. You want very small crumbles so it will roll up in the crescent dough nicely. Cook until it is no longer pink, about 7 minutes then add in the diced red pepper and cook until the pepper is tender, about another 2 – 3 minutes. Once the sausage is cooked, drain off the excess fat. This is important to do so that the extra liquid doesn’t make your rolls soggy.

Step 2

Add the cooked sausage back into the skillet and add in the cream cheese, stir until everything is thoroughly blended. Remove from heat and set aside to cool a bit while you prepare the crescent dough.

Step 3

Line your baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat. Open one of the refrigerated crescent roll dough tubes. Unroll the crescent rolls and seal the perforations with your fingers. Spoon only HALF of the sausage and cream cheese mixture onto the dough, spreading all over keeping a ½ inch margin on all sides of the dough. Repeat this step with the other tube of crescent rolls and the rest of the cream cheese sausage mixture.

Step 4

Carefully, start to roll up the dough, jelly roll style and pinch the seam to seal. Make sure the seam side is down. Repeat this process for the second crescent dough. Place back on the prepared baking sheet and the sausage roll logs into the refrigerator for 20 – 30 minutes or in the freezer for about 10 minutes to firm up. This will help in cutting the logs into slices easier.

Step 5

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Carefully cut the log into 8 to 10 slices (depending on how thick you want them) and arrange them on prepared baking sheets (either lined with parchment paper or silicone mats). Place in the oven and back until they are golden brown 15 – 18 minutes.

Step 6

Remove from the oven and serve while warm. Serve the sausage cream cheese crescents with sliced green onions and diced tomatoes, if desired.

Tips, Tricks, and FAQs

• You can use a regular pork sausage or spicy sausage blend. Turkey sausage is delicious with this recipe, too.
• It’s important to drain off the excess grease once you have cooked the sausage. Also just as important is to be sure your sausage crumbles are small.
• You can use low fat cream cheese in this recipe.
• Chilling the prepared logs makes it much easier to cut into slices.
• By chilling the dough in the refrigerator, you can keep it in there until you are ready to slice and bake. Up to 8 hours before baking even.
• Try using puff pastry dough in place of the crescent rolls.
• Add a bit of diced onion with the red pepper if you would like.
• Change up the cheddar cheese with your favorite. Sharp Cheddar Cheese or Pepper Jack are great to try.
• For a spicer kick, drain a can of Rotel tomatoes and add in when you add the red peppers.
• To store these sausage crescent rolls, make sure to place them in an airtight container for up to 5 days in the fridge.
• If you need a vegetarian version, skip the sausage and add in diced mushrooms, onion, and peppers.
• Reheat any leftovers in the oven, air fryer, or toaster oven for best results.
• Make a double batch and once they are cool, freeze them on a baking sheet until frozen. Then pop into a freezer-safe bag and place in the freezer. Reheat frozen in the oven or air fryer.

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