Tip Tuesdays: Sausage and Cream Cheese Rolls Recipe

This old recipe popped in my head as I wondered what I would take to my latest playdate. It's simple, fast, and tastes so good!

Sausage and Cream Cheese Rolls

You'll Need:

1lb of your favorite breakfast sausage (Jimmy Dean, Owens, etc.)

8oz cream cheese, softened

2 cans crescent rolls

Pre-heat oven according to crescent rolls packaging.

Brown sausage in pan. Drain fat.

Lightly grease cookie sheet.

Mix cooked sausage and cream cheese in a medium bowl. Drop mixture by rounded tablespoon onto wide end of each triangle, rolling from the wide end to the small.

Bake in oven according to crescent packaging, or until golden brown.

Enjoy!




Next time try...
Maple flavored sausage if you can find it in your local grocery store (maple flavor blends well with the cream cheese);
Making it as a casserole, with one layer of crescents rolled out on top of mixture, and one on bottom;
Whipped cream cheese (makes mixing a little easier);
3/4lb sausage and just one can of rolls for a lower yield if you won't be serving many people (you'll still use 8oz cream cheese, though).

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Themed Thursdays: Recipes

The 4th of July holiday is closing in so I thought it would be nice to share some festive recipes in case you're throwing or attending a potluck holiday party.
One of the recipes I am sharing (and have tried) can be found in the July issue of Women's Day. The other can be found on the Food Network (will try this weekend)...

CORNY CUPCAKES
This recipe has you make Everything from scratch- from the cake to the frosting. I didn't have time for this on my first attempt so I had no shame in purchasing cake from a box and frosting in a can. Tasted quite good, if I do say so myself!
For the jelly beans, I got mine from Target, which has a great bulk candy/snacks section. You'll need about a pound of beans to cover every inch of cake, though I only used about a half-pound and just spaced them out (if you don't want to eat the beans then buying fewer and spacing them out will make it easier to pick them all off). Don't worry about getting perfectly yellow or white beans, as long as they're yellowish and whitish shades they'll look good on the cake. Also, don't worry about the flavors, they'll all be good on the cake!
Now I wasn't able to find any black sugar crystals so I just opted out of the "salt and pepper" look. Don't have any corn-on-the-cob holders? Your local dollar store will have them!
Here's a link to the official recipe and a picture of my first attempt (keep in mind I did this in about a hurried hour, please :)
Women's Day Corny Cupcakes

PATRIOTIC BERRY TRIFLE
Since I haven't actually tried this recipe yet, I'll just provide the link and a pic.
I'm so excited about this one because it's perfect to share- I don't like berries but my son does, he doesn't need the cake or sugar...well I don't either, actually. Oh well!
Food Network (Sunny Anderson) Patriotic Berry Trifle