Cream Cheese and Apple Butter Crescents

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 2 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 4 teaspoons apple butter
• 1/4 cup butterscotch chips
• 1 teaspoon canola oil

Details

Servings 8
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from pillsbury.com

Preparation

Step 1

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix 2 tablespoons of the powdered sugar and the cream cheese; blend well.

2 Separate dough into 8 triangles. Spoon 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture and 1/2 teaspoon apple butter onto shortest side of each triangle. Loosely roll up, starting at shortest side, rolling to opposite point. Place point side down on cookie sheet; curve into crescent shape.

3 Bake 13 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes.

4 Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave butterscotch chips uncovered 45 seconds to 1 minute or until soft. Add oil; stir until smooth. Sprinkle crescents with remaining 1 tablespoon powdered sugar. Drizzle with butterscotch mixture.

Expert Tips

To quickly soften cream cheese, in small microwavable bowl, microwave cream cheese uncovered on High 15 to 20 seconds. Stir until smooth.
These crescents are best served warm. Store leftover crescents in single layer tightly covered up to 1 day.

Serves 8

Serving Size: 1 Crescent Calories180 ( Calories from Fat90), Total Fat10g (Saturated Fat5g, Trans Fat0g ), Cholesterol5mg Sodium260mg Total Carbohydrate19g (Dietary Fiber0g Sugars8g ), Protein1g ; % Daily V