sausage and cream cheese pinwheels

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 pound bulk lamb sausage
• 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened - divided

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes; drain and discard grease.
• spread dough from 1 package of crescent rolls out a work surface and pinch perforations together to create a single sheet of dough. spread half the cream cheese over the dough sheet, leaving a 1/2-inch margin all around. sprinkle half the cooked sausage evenly over cream cheese. roll dough up into a log, starting at a long edge; wrap log in plastic wrap or parchment paper. repeat steps to make a second roll; wrap. refrigerate rolls at least 1 hour.
• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c).
• unwrap rolls and cut each into 1/2-inch thick slices. place slices a baking sheet.
• bake in the preheated oven until pinwheels are golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.