Cream Cheese Croissants Food

CREAM CHEESE FILLED CROISSANTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
• Stir cream cheese, yogurt, and sugar together in a bowl until smooth. Fold strawberries into cheese mixture.
• Separate crescent roll dough into 8 triangles. Spoon cream cheese mixture into the middle of each triangle and roll dough around the filling, starting at the smallest end. Pinch to seal and place in the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until puffed and golden-brown, 13 to 15 minutes.

CREAM CHEESE "CROISSANTS"

Steps:

• Cream butter, cream cheese and sugar until soft.
• Sift in flour and mix until combined.
• Gather into a ball; divide dough in half.
• Flatten each half, wrap in greaseproof paper and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the filling.
• Mix together the chopped walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon.
• Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Working with half of the mixture at a time, roll out thinkly into a circle (about 11in diameter).
• Trim the edges with a knife using a dinner plate as a guide.
• Brush the sufacewith the egg white glaze and then sprinkle evenly with half the filling.
• Cut the circle into quarters and each quarter into 4 sections, giving a total of 16 triangles.
• Starting from the base of the triangles, roll up to form spirals.
• Place on the sheets and brush with the remaining glaze.
• Sprinkle tops with granulated sugar.
• Bake until golden, 15-20 minutes.
• Cool on a rack.

CREAM CHEESE CROISSANT DESSERT

Steps:

• Preheat overn to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease a 9X13 baking dish.
• Open and unroll one package of croissants (do not flatten) and lay at the bottom of the pan. (pinch together the perforated edges as needed.).
• In a bowl, mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and egg yolk until smooth.
• Spread mixture on top of croissant.
• Open the second package of croissants, unroll and lay on top of cream cheese mixture.
• Place in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes (or until the top layer is very lightly browned).
• Immediately after baking, brush the top with egg white and sprinkly with remaining sugar.
• *I sometimes add a little cinnamon to the top as well.

PECAN-CREAM CHEESE CROISSANTS

Steps:

• place 1 can crescent rolls in bottom of 13x9 pan and press edges together to cover bottom of pan, stretching dough as needed.
• Mix cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, vanilla and egg yolk thoroughly and spread over dough.
• Place second can of rolls on top of cream cheese mixture and press edges together to make a solid top crust.
• Slightly beat egg white and 1/2 cup sugar together and spread on top of rolls.
• Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
• Bake in preheated oven 350 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes. Refrigerate overnight for best flavor. I have used "no name" and reduced fat crescent rolls and reduced fat cream cheese and splenda sweetener in this recipe with great results, no one has suspected it was modified to be slightly healthier. It is also very good with walnuts in place of pecans.

CREAM CHEESE & SAUSAGE CROISSANTS

Steps:

• Brown sausage in skillet.
• In a bowl, mix sausage with cream cheese.
• Roll out each croissant pkg into a rectangle, pinching together at the seams to make one large piece.
• Place the 1/2 of the cheese mixture down the middle(the entire length of each rectangle) and fold one side of the dough to the middle and the other and pinch the top together at the seam.
• Wrap in plastic wrap or foil and refrigerate over night.
• In the morning, preheat oven according to croissant directions.
• Remove wrap and slice in 1/2 inch slices and place on cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15-20 minutes.

CREAM CHEESE BACON CROISSANTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Mix cream cheese and bacon in a small bowl until well blended.
• Separate each can of dough into 8 triangles. Cut each triangle in half lengthwise. Spread each triangle with 1 generous tsp of cream cheese mixture. Roll up, starting at shortest side of triangle and rolling to opposite point. Place point sides down on ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake 12 -15 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm.

DISAPPEARING CREAM CHEESE CROISSANT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Lightly spray 9x13 pan with cooking spray.
• Unroll 1 can of crescents (keep sections joined) and press into bottom of pan.
• Cream together cream cheese and 1/2 cup of sugar by cooking in microwave for 45 seconds on high, then stir until smooth.
• Spread cream cheese mixture evenly over crescent layer.
• Layer second can of crescents over cream cheese.
• Mix together 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over top.
• Melt butter and pour evenly over top.
• Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes.
• Variation: add 1 peeled and diced apple to cream cheese mixture (increase baking time by 5 minutes if fruit is added).

CHICKEN CROISSANTS

Steps:

• Mix shredded chicken, cream cheese, celery, and onion.
• When removing cresent rolls from package, leave together so that two cresent rolls form a square. This will leave you with 4 croissants.
• Put chicken mixture into center.
• Bring up each corner and secure together.
• Dip upside down in melted butter.
• Sprinkle with croutons.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1/2 hour on a cookie sheet.
• Let set 5 minutes before serving.