Description
Delightful baked bites combining flaky crescent rolls with creamy cranberry filling, perfect for gatherings or holiday parties.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 can crescent roll dough (8-count)
- 4 oz cream cheese (softened)
- ¼ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup whole berry cranberry sauce
- Optional: chopped pecans or orange zest for topping
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375°F.
- Grease or line a mini muffin tin.
- In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth and creamy.
- Unroll crescent roll dough, separate into triangles, and cut each triangle in half.
- Press each triangle into the mini muffin cups, covering the bottom and sides.
- Spoon about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese filling into each dough cup.
- Add about 1 teaspoon of cranberry sauce on top of the cream cheese filling.
- Sprinkle with chopped pecans or orange zest if desired.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 11–13 minutes until golden and puffed up.
- Allow to cool slightly before serving.
Notes
Best served warm. Can be made ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator. Freezing instructions available.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 13 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bite
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 6g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
Keywords: carnberry bites, cream cheese, party snacks, holiday treats, easy appetizers