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Sausage & Cream Cheese Crescents
Kathyhilton

Sausage & Cream Cheese Crescents

These Sausage & Cream Cheese Crescents are the ultimate 3-ingredient appetizer or breakfast bite. Made with just breakfast sausage, cream cheese, and crescent rolls, they’re a hit at potlucks, holiday parties, and game days. The filling can be made ahead, and the golden crescent bites are just as delicious warm or at room temperature. You’ll never have leftovers—everyone loves them!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Calories: 125
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1-lb roll breakfast sausage, cooked and crumbled
  • 1 8-oz package cream cheese, softened
  • 2 8-oz cans refrigerated crescent rolls

Equipment

  • Pizza Cutter
  • Small Cookie Scoop
  • Food Processor (optional)
  • 10-inch Skillet
  • Meat Masher Tool
  • Cookie Sheet
  • Parchment paper

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 375ºF (190ºC). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. Combine cooked, crumbled sausage and softened cream cheese in a bowl. Mix until fully blended.
  3. (Optional: Pulse the mixture in a food processor for a finer texture.)
  4. Separate crescent dough into triangles. Using a pizza cutter, slice each triangle in half lengthwise to create two smaller triangles.
  5. Scoop a small amount of sausage filling (about 1 tablespoon) onto the wide end of each triangle using a small cookie scoop.
  6. Roll up the dough, starting from the wide end and rolling toward the tip.
  7. Place each crescent seam-side down on a prepared baking sheet.
  8. Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through.
  9. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Notes

Sausage Tip: Jimmy Dean sausage is recommended, but turkey sausage is a great substitute.
Texture Tip: A food processor helps evenly incorporate sausage and cream cheese.
Low-Fat Options: Low-fat cream cheese and reduced-fat crescent rolls work well and taste the same.
Make Ahead: Filling can be made up to 3 days in advance and stored in the fridge.
Tools: Pizza cutter makes slicing crescent dough easier; a small cookie scoop provides uniform filling amounts.
Serving: Perfect hot out of the oven or after cooling to room temp—great for parties or casual breakfast.