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My family loves this and it is devoured each time I make it.
Pastry-wrapped Cream Cheese and Pesto
adapted from Kraft Foods
1 (4-oz) can refrigerated crescent dinner roll dough
8 oz cream cheese
2 T prepared basil pesto or sun-dried tomato pesto
1 egg, beaten
Preheat oven to 350. Unroll dough on lightly greased baking sheet. Split in half so you have two squares of dough. Press together any seams. Using a sharp knife, cut brick of cream cheese in half horizontally.
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Place one half on top of the dough. Top cream cheese with one tablespoon of the pesto.
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Brush with beaten egg.
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Bake for 15-18 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes. Serve with crackers and fresh vegetables.
This recipe works well with reduced fat crescent rolls and Neufchatel cheese (this is how I generally prepare it). The Neufchatel is quite soft, so I freeze it for an hour or so before so it is firm enough to cut in half.
15 comments:
OH MY GOODNESS that looks heavenly! And impressive, too! Prefect for company OR a night in. :) Gorgeous picture, too.
It's so simple, and looks so good! I try to stay away from refridgerated bicuits, but I think for now I'll have to make an acception :)
I love using crescent dough for things like this. I once used it as a pot pie topping. It was awesome.
This filling sounds delicious!
Sounds great. And easy - I love that for a party.
This looks yummy! I think that this will also be great with puff pastry...love the ingredients. Joni
what a great idea! I never did like baked brie that much but you can flavor this anyway you want!! Perfect for parties!
Looks great, thanks for the recipe :)
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Nothing wrong with cream cheese and crescent dough! YUM!!
So tasty and delicious
Such an impressive presentation!! WOW it looks like you spent hours slaving over this. I love it!! One of my girlfriends is a big cream cheese fan - I'm making this for her for sure. Thanks for the great recipe!
Looks fantastic--I will have to try this! Thanks for sharing.
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That looks absolutely delicious!
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This looks like absolute HEAVEN!
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