Sausage and Cheese Crescent Squares
"Nice appetizer that is also easy to make. I often use the cream cheese with chives instead of the plain cream cheese."
photo by flower7
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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25-30 squares
ingredients
- 2 (8 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
- 1 lb bulk pork sausage (hot or mild)
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
- 3 -4 fresh sage leaves, finely chopped (optional)
- 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
directions
- Heat oven to 375°F
- Unroll 1 can of dough into 2 long rectangles and place in ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish, press over bottom and 1/2 inch up sides to form crust.
- Brown sausage and onion in large frying pan over medium heat until thoroughly cooked, remove sausage from the frying pan and discard the fat.
- Add cream cheese to same frying pan and cook over low heat until melted.
- Add cooked sausage, stir to coat, add the chopped sage if using.
- Spoon evenly over crust in baking dish and sprinkle with the cheese.
- Unroll the second can of dough on work surface.
- Press to form 13x9-inch rectangle, firmly press perforations to seal and carefully place over cheese.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool for 10 minutes then cut into squares.
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Reviews
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I made this for my lunch today (instead of an appetizer) and it was fabulous! As a "main dish" it made 8 servings. I used reduced fat crescents for the bottom crust and one of the newer seamless crescent dough sheets for the top layer. Used Italian sausage, red onion, Neufchatel cheese, and no sage. Oh, also reduced the cheddar to 6 oz (1 1/2 cups) which was plenty. Instead of removing the sausage to melt the cream cheese, I just added the cheese in with the (drained) sausage on low heat, stirring occasionally until it was combined. This is a wonderful easy recipe which will be made again and again!<br/>~Made in loving memory of Annelies~ -
We really enjoyed this ~ I did use the sage and bulk turkey sausage. I would love to try this with various other additions ~ hot italian sausage, red & green peppers, maybe even some zucchini! I loved the way the crescent dough worked for the crust ~ great flavor and baked up wonderfully! I'll definitely make this again. Thanks for posting ~ made for the MAY PHOTO EVENT ~ LIVESTRONG! -
SO EASY. I didn't use onions or sage. I brought this to a staff nurse advisory council potluck. It was very tasty! I didn't use as much cheddar and I put it under the top crust. It would have been better as you said to do it but it was still good. Next time I will try the cream cheese with chives. The new crescent creations makes casserole dishes like this so easy!!!! Also this dish reheats well in the microwave. -
I made this for a family gathering and I think they lasted all of 20 minutes! Everyone thought they were wonderful. Thanks for the recipe! -
I used reduced fat crescent rolls, cream cheese and cheddar cheese and the squares were still excellent. I took them to a party and they were very well received. I did use the fresh sage leaves as well as fresh chives and thought they were both great additions to the recipe.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
PetsRus
Leiden, Zuid Holland
Hello, my name is Bonnie and I am a very beautiful cat as you can see if you look at the picture at the top of this page.... What??.. I am supposed to talk about you??? But it says here: About Me!! Well all right then ......
My mom is Dutch and has moved to England in October 2007, after living 15 years in the Netherlands with my English dad. They don’t have any human children and “created” their own family, which means I have to share them with Hannah, she is a 6 years old tortie cat, Abby the dog, she is a 9 year old Beagle, and a one year old black Miniature Pincher named Poppy, I refuse to tell you my age but I am a georgious lilac British Shorthair cat!!
It is obvious she adores pets just by looking at her name she uses on Zaar (many on Zaar call her Pets or Petsie Poo), her name in real life is Annelies and that is a common Dutch name.
My mom always liked to cook, but since she joined Zaar it got out of control, and it doesn’t help that she is disorganized. Printed recipes everywhere in the house, the recipe binders have got bigger and just between you and me, her hips too!!!
I have lived in Holland all of my life until now, but they lived in several different countries/places:- desert and coastal Oman, up North and West in Holland, Vancouver-Canada, Aberdeen- Scotland and in Norway they lived in Bergen and Oslo. We have all moved together to England, as you can see I’ve already learnt the language!
I heard her say to Dad that this is the last time she moved to another country...she's had it with moving from one place to another! ( its her age...she's getting grumpy)
Mom is 55 years old but I always hear her say that the date of her birthday does not mean that much to her, the date of her cancer anniversary is more important, because so far she is a survivor.
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