Sausage and Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Description

Good for breakfast or parties.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound bulk pork sausage
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls
  • 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened – divided

Instructions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly
  2. about 10 minutes; drain and discard grease.
  3. Spread dough from 1 package of crescent rolls out onto a work surface and pinch perforations together to create a single sheet of dough. Spread half the cream cheese over the dough sheet
  4. leaving a 1/2-inch margin all around. Sprinkle half the cooked sausage evenly over cream cheese. Roll dough up into a log
  5. starting at a long edge; wrap log in plastic wrap or parchment paper. Repeat steps to make a second roll; wrap. Refrigerate rolls at least 1 hour.
  6. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  7. Unwrap rolls and cut each into 1/2-inch thick slices. Place slices onto a baking sheet.
  8. Bake in the preheated oven until pinwheels are golden brown
  9. 10 to 15 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 12

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