While not ideal on its own, crescent roll dough makes for a wonderful blank canvas for a variety of dishes. You can use it as a pizza crust and load it with your favorite toppings. Or, why not turn it into a base for a hearty casserole? You can also stuff it with sausage, cheese, jam, and other sweet and savory treats to create mouthwatering finger foods. With a little bit of creativity, there’s nothing you can’t do! On top of that, the fact that it’s pre-made makes the recipes a cinch to prepare. So what are you waiting for? Time to give these treats a try.
15 Delicious Recipes to Make with Crescent Rolls
1. Spicy Italian Crescent Ring
Kicking things off is this gorgeous stuffed crescent ring with a kick. This golden-brown ring is packed with roasted red bell peppers, savory cold cuts, and two layers of melted provolone cheese! Spicing things up are hot pepper rings, which you can add as much or as little of to suit your taste. Complete with bread, meats, and cheeses, this wreath is a complete meal on its own. It’s perfect any time of the day, any day of the year.
2. Pigs in a Blanket (with Cheese!)
Pigs in blankets are a traditional English appetizer often served at Christmas. But there’s no rule that says you can only enjoy them in December! The ingredients are available all year round, and the recipe couldn’t be easier. Just wrap the crescent roll dough around a hot dog and a strip of cheese, bake in the oven, and you’re golden. It’s meaty and cheesy with a gorgeous buttery pastry exterior. It’s something both kids and adults will surely enjoy.
3. 5-Ingredient Bacon, Egg and Cheese Crescent Roll Casserole
It’s a crescent roll brimming with eggs, bacon, and cheese, making it the ultimate breakfast of champions. This casserole may only call for 5 simple ingredients, but it has everything you’ll love to eat in the morning. It’s tasty, hearty, and will provide you with all the nourishment you’ll need to get you all pumped for the day. Make it even more mouthwatering with a garnish of fresh chives and parsley. Delish.
4. Bacon Cheeseburger Crescent Ring
Here’s another crescent dish you’ll want to make again and again. This recipe gives a wonderful spin to the classic bacon cheeseburger. You can’t go wrong with beef patties, cheese, and bacon. It’s a tried-and-true combination that never disappoints. But instead of burger buns, how about you have all those beautiful components nestled in a flaky and buttery crescent roll? Not only does it create a more attractive dish, but also adds another layer of flavor and texture.
5. Air Fryer Chocolate Croissants
This croissant may be no pan au chocolat, but it’ll surely satisfy your sweet tooth. While homemade croissants definitely call for some baking expertise, this version does not. This recipe is so easy, it’s embarrassing. All you’ll need is to stuff crescent rolls with Nutella and let the air fryer take care of the rest. Here’s an easy way to take these golden beauties to the next level: sprinkle them with powdered sugar and drizzle with chocolate syrup.
6. Bacon, Cheddar Jalapeno Popper Pinwheels
These pinwheels are a must-have at your party – if you want it to be a hit, that is. First of all, they’re gorgeous. You can’t look at these appetizers and not want to grab at least two. And once you take your first bite, you’ll be hooked. How can you not? These pinwheels are a combination of crescent roll dough, bacon, jalapeno, cream cheese, and cheddar!
7. Buffalo Chicken Crescent Puffs
If you’re on a diet, skip ahead. This next dish is way too addictive. These are delectable buns filled with spicy chicken and cheese. They’re puffy and buttery on the outside and rich and cheesy on the inside, with just the perfect amount of heat. Each bite will make you crave more. That’s the magic the combination of chicken, cream cheese, blue cheese, and hot sauce gives you.
8. Cranberry Goat Cheese Crescent Ring
Cranberries and goat cheese make such a terrific flavor and texture combination, and this crescent ring is proof. This pastry has that wonderful sweet-tart flavor profile, which makes it ideal as both a savory side dish or a dessert. It’s not only delicious but smells phenomenal as well! Your kitchen will smell like heaven while it bakes in the oven.
9. Chicken Stuffed Crescent Rolls
These pastries are stuffed with chicken filling. The pastry is wonderfully buttery, flaky, and tender, but it’s the filling that makes it a masterpiece. It’s a combination of shredded chicken, cream cheese, cream of chicken, and Italian dressing, so expect nothing but ridiculously rich and creamy goodness. What a winner. You’ll definitely want this for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The best part? These pastries are ready to be devoured in just 30 minutes!
10. Triple Berry & Cream Cheese Ring
This next crescent ring combines the goodness of cream cheese and three summer berries into one amazing pastry. Sweet and tart blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries are given a creamy complement with sweetened cream cheese. The crescent roll dough serves as the perfect vessel to carry this delectable combo. You’ll love the contrast between the soft and flaky pastry and smooth and silky cream cheese. Also, it’s just as beautiful as it is delightful. I love the color contrast of the three berries against the white, cream cheese backdrop!
11. Pizza Crescent Rolls
Homemade pizza is always a good idea. Instead of the usual pizza crust, use crescent roll dough to make things easier! Slathered with marinara sauce and topped with pepperoni and mozzarella, these snacks taste exactly like pizza, but in crescent roll form. It’s perfect for you if you like your pizza crust soft and flaky instead of crispy-crunchy. Serve this with a side of cold potato or macaroni salad for a satisfying summer meal or on their own for a bangin’ party appetizer.
12. Monte Cristo Sandwich Roll-Ups
Who doesn’t love a good Monte Cristo? This sandwich is a combination of sweet and salty flavors, and I’m here for it! To some, putting together meat and cheese with jam and powdered sugar may be strange. But believe me, this combo is glorious! It’s sweet, salty, creamy, and meaty, all at once. These sandwich roll-ups taste just like a classic Monte Cristo, but instead of bread, you’ll use crescent dough. It’s just as amazing, but with an extra depth of flavor.
13. Cinnamon Crescent Rolls
Nothing smells more heavenly than freshly-baked cinnamon rolls. It’s for this reason, among others, that make it impossible to resist these baked goods. The combination of sugar and cinnamon is ooey-gooey perfection. The bread is soft and pillowy with a bit of chewiness. The only problem is, cinnamon rolls are hard to make from scratch. But with this simplified version, you’ll get to enjoy the heavenly treat without putting in so much effort.
14. Air Fryer Garlic Cheese Stuffed Crescent Rolls
If you’re looking for a reason to take your air fryer out of the box, look no further. Once you’ve tried these garlic and cheese-stuffed crescent rolls, you’ll never put your air fryer back in the cupboard. While these ingredients are very simple, cheese and garlic, together, create magic. This combination is a salty, creamy, and peppery work of art.
15. Philly Cheese Steak Crescent Bake
Last but not least is the classic Philly cheesesteak sandwich turned into an epic bake. Tender and juicy steak, sweet green peppers and onions, and cheddar cheese rest underneath a bed of buttery crescent roll dough, and baked to golden perfection. This casserole is rich and hearty with a wonderful sweet and salty flavor combination. It’s the stuff of legends! Click on a star to rate it!
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