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Easy Appetizers With Pillsbury Crescents *Giveaway*

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This giveaway is now closed.  Thanks for stopping by.  The winner is Kathleen D.  Congrats!

Now that the holidays are over, I’m looking forward to a tiny break when it comes to the kitchen.  While I’m not a huge fan of packaged foods, I do utilize them on occasion.  With two children and a husband who goes back to work this week, I’m on my own!

I have to admit that their are certain foods I’ve been eating since I was a child.  I remember my mother making Pillsbury Crescent Rolls for dinner on many occasions.  There is something about those flaky, buttery biscuits that won’t allow me to eat just one.  And I am perfectly content eating them as is (with a little butter, of course).  However, did you know that you can actually use them for appetizers and meals?  Their website contains several recipes using Pillsbury Crescent Rolls…recipes you and your kids will likely eat.  One of the recipes that stood out to me was their Veggie Pizza recipe.  I selected their Reduced Fat variety to shave some of the fat and calories off and they still tasted really good.

Easy Veggie Pizza
INGREDIENTS

2 cans (8 oz each) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or 2 cans (8 oz each) Pillsbury® Place ‘n Bake™ refrigerated crescent rounds or Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations® refrigerated seamless dough sheet
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon dried dill weed
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 cup small fresh broccoli florets
1/3 cup quartered cucumber slices
1 plum (Roma) tomato, seeded, chopped
1/4 cup shredded carrot

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 375°F.
2. If using crescent rolls: Unroll both cans of dough; separate dough into 4 long rectangles. In ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan, place dough; press in bottom and up sides to form crust. If using dough sheets: Unroll both cans of dough. In ungreased 15x10x1-inch pan, place dough; press in bottom and up sides to form crust.
3. Bake 13 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
4. In small bowl, mix cream cheese, sour cream, dill and garlic powder until smooth. Spread over crust. Top with vegetables. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate 1 to 2 hours before serving. Cut into 8 rows by 4 rows.

Makes 32 appetizers

I like this recipe because it includes veggies and offers a variation on a meal (pizza) that my son likes and eats.  The site offers recipes for breakfast, dinner, dessert and appetizers.  Here are a few more you might be interested in checking out:

Most of the recipes on the site take about 20 minutes to prepare (plus cooking time).

Win It! One of you will win a Creative Creations prize pack, courtesy of Pillsbury which will include 2 VIP coupons and some serving platters.  Simply leave me a comment with the recipe above you’d like me to re-create (ooh!) and your favorite Pillsbury crescent appetizer creation from the site.  Comments will close on January 17, 2009 at 10 PM PST. One comment per person, please (unless you do the extra credit). US residents only. Duplicates and comments not including the above information will be disqualified. Comments are moderated. If you don’t see your comment in a reasonable amount of time, send me an email. Bloggers and non-bloggers may enter. If you don’t want to leave your email address, please be sure to check back for my announcement on the winner. Please note that winners must respond within 48 hours of being announced/contacted or another winner will be drawn.

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275 Responses to Easy Appetizers With Pillsbury Crescents *Giveaway*

  1. the Bacon-Cheddar Pinwheels sound wonderful! I think you should try your hand at the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets… (can you tell I want bacon for some reason?? lol)

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  7. My favorite appetizer from the site is the Holiday Herb Crescent Trees and I want you to try this: Crescent-Wrapped Brie

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  11. Oh those Layer Bars look sooooooo yummy~! I just got to try them.
    I love cheese and bacon so I’d like you to make the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets. I used Pillsbury Crescents to make a large candy can with strawberry and cream cheese filling.
    exotic1(at)tdstelme(dot)net

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  20. Easy Veggie Pizza
    Sun Dried Tomato & Parm Pinwheels

    trying to get more veggies in all of us; & these 2 just sound soooo good & different for us !!

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  25. I’m thinking of making the Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels this weekend for company. Would like to have you make the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets.

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  29. I would like to recreate the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets and the Onion-Bacon Crescent Bites .Both sound yummy,

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  44. I think you should try the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets and the Sun-Dried Tomato and Parmesan Pinwheels sound yummy.

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  58. i think you should recreate the crescent holiday tree and i also think that the chicken crescent pot stickers look really good

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  62. the cresent bacon-cheese tartlets sounds very tastey and the receipe from the site i like is the mini cresent dogs

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  67. I like the Crescent Breakfast Pizzas and I’d like you to recreate the Onion-Cheese Custard Tartlets. Thanks.

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  68. I’d like to re-create the crescent holiday tree.
    From the site I pick the easy veggie pizza.
    Please enter me.

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  70. I would like you to re-create the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets. And my favorite crescent appetizer would be the crab puffs.

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  71. I’d really love to see the crescent wrapped brie, and I also like the sound of the apple cherry brie appetizer. Can you tell that I like brie?!

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  75. That veggie pizza recipe is a FAVORITE at all my gatherings. That is SO DELICIOUS! I love crescent rolls!

    I would love to try Sun-Dried Tomato and Parmesan Pinwheels, Blueberry, Walnut and Brie Tartlets, Spicy Orange-Chicken Charmers, Okay I’d like to try all of them. I bookmarked the recipe website. Thanks!

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  87. I’d like to see you re-create the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets! My favorite recipe is Pigs in a Blanket!

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  88. I think you should try the crescent wrapped brie… I’ve never had brie before but I know people that love it. I’d love to hear your review : )
    I’d like to try the chicken crescent pot stickers!
    oheeyore at hotmail dot com

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  94. I would love to see your re-creation of the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets and I would love to try making the Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs!

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  98. I would love to see you re-create the easy veggie pizza. I totally forgot about that recipe from years ago. My favorite recipe from Pilsbury’s site is Mini Crescent Dogs – my husband actually just mentioned that recipe a few weeks ago and that we haven’t had it in years!

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  101. I would love to recreate the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets by using some shredded sharp cheddar cheese with some Jimmy Dean sausage.
    tamben7996(at)aol(dot)com

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  105. You should make the crescent holiday tree

    Lazy maple crescent pull aparts sound tasty.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

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  112. I think the Crescent Bacon-Cheese tartlets sound wonderful!

    My choice from the Pillsbury site is Crescent Puff S’Mores!!

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  115. I’d like to try the first one on the list! Smoked Salmon Pinwheels!! I LOVE salmon beyond mouth watering words!!!

    Something for you to try??? Oh! I have it!!! You MUST try this:

    It’s from Pampered Chef! We LOVE it!!!

    Chicken Enchilada Ring
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    2 C. coarsely chopped chicken
    1/4 C. chopped pitted ripe olives
    1 C. shredded Monterey Jack/Cheddar blend
    1 can (4 oz.) chopped green chilies, undrained
    1/2 C. mayonnaise
    1 T. Southwestern Seasoning Mix
    2 plum tomatoes
    1 lime
    2/3 cup finely crushed tortilla chips, divided
    2 pkgs. crescent rolls
    1 C. salsa
    1 C. sour cream

    Preheat oven to 375° F.

    Mix chopped chicken, olives, cheese, green chilies, mayonnaise and seasoning mix in bowl. Seed and chop one tomato. Slice lime in half. Juice one half of lime to measure 1 t. of juice. Reserve remaining lime for garnish. Add chopped tomato and lime juice to chicken mixture. Reserve 2 T. crushed chips and add remaining chips to chicken mixture. Mix well.

    Sprinkle reserved crushed chips over flat side of a large cutting board. Place dough onto chips and press down so chips adhere to dough.

    Separate dough into triangles. Arrange triangles, chip side down, in a circle on a 13″ baking stone. Wide ends should overlap in the center and points should be toward the outside. There should be a 5″ diameter opening in the center.

    Scoop chicken mixture onto the wide ends of the triangles. Bring points of the triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends. Do not cover filling completely. It should show in between each triangle.

    Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

    For garnish, cut remaining tomato into 8 wedges. Cut remaining half of lime into 4 slices, cut in half. Arrange between openings of ring where filling is showing. Serve with salsa and sour cream.

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  116. I would like you to make the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets and the Bacon-Cheeseburger Calzones recipe looks great.

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  127. I think re-creating the Holiday Trees would be divine! I like the Spinach Dip Crescent Wreath. It sounds and looks amazing. I am not one for spinach, but I love the dips. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.

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  129. I would like to see the bCrescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets. i would also like to try the taco chicken wraps.

    member (dot) thao (at) gmail.com

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  132. I would like you to recreate the Crescent-Wrapped Brie and I like the Easy Crescent Danish Rolls from the Pillsbury site.

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  136. Ok I like the apps, but I am really into the deserts. Try to make the Holiday Trees, but I want to try the Strawberry-Rhubarb Crescent Shortcakes!!! Yummy

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  140. I would love to try the Cheesy Pinwheels with Italian Dip recipe and think you should do the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets and let us know how it turned out

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  145. This is the recipe I’d like you to recreate – Crescent Holiday Tree.
    And this is my favorite appetizer – Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs.

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  149. bacon-cheddar pinwheels…. bacon makes everything better!

    I wonder if you could do a baked brie too?

    rmaslow a@t yahoo d.ot com

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  151. My all-time favorite recipe is Piglets in the Blanket. Wouldn’t be SuperBowl Sunday without ’em! I think you should make the Bacon-Cheese Tartlets. They sound amazing! Bacon, cheese…how bad could they be?

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  158. I’d like to see you recreate the Crescent-Wrapped Brie, and I will try the Basil and Havarti Cheese Pinwheels. We’re big on cheese at this house…

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  166. I think you should make the Easy Veggie Pizza and I would love to try the Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs they look and sound yummy!

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  174. I saw a photo of the crescent wrapped brie a while ago and MUST try that. You should make it and tell us about it!

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  181. I’d make the veggie pizza if I were you. My friend introduced me to that and it’s delicious. From their website, I’d try making the Sun-Dried Tomato and Parmesan Pinwheels as they look pretty cool and fairly easy to do.

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  198. Well Id like you to create some bacon-pepperoni roll ups. just layer the bacon and pepperoni inside dough with some dijon and olive oil washed on the dough, roll up and bake
    I like the mini crescent dogs!

    lighthousee27(at)gmail.com

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  209. Pigs in a blanket are great, but crescent dough is perfect for making your own pot pie. I use it all the time and it’s so much easier than making your own dough
    thanks for the giveaway

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  211. Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets is the one I’d like to see you recreate. From the site, my favorite is the Guacamole Triangle Appetizers.

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  213. I think you should make the Flaky Reuben Bites. I also think the Crescent Bacon Cheese Tartlets sound delish.

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  214. The Crescent-Wrapped Brie looks tasty, for some reason I always think brie cheese is “fancy” cheese =D Another great recipe I found was for the Crab-Filled Crescent Wontons…sounds so good!

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  217. The Veggie Pizza is one I think deserves re-creating. I like the ham/asparagus cheese rolls with white sauce for an appetizer!

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  226. oh!! i love the crescent trees, you should try that one..although that pizza looks divine!! i think the Mexican Snack Squares looks really good too. i made a spinach/feta pie using pillsbury crescent rolls that are always a big hit. i saw several recipes on the site i’m going to print up! yum! thanks for the chance to win!

    enchantedtree(at)hotmail.com

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  228. I would love to try the Bacon-Cheddar Pinwheels! This would be great to have when watching movies! Thanks for a chance to win!

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  229. The recipe above I’d like you to re-create is the Crescent-Wrapped Brie. My favorite Pillsbury crescent appetizer creation from the site is Ham and Cheese Crescent Snacks.

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  231. I’m in the mood for sweets, so I picked some goodies.
    1. I’d like you to try your hand at the Quick Cresent Baklava.
    2. I’d like to try the Cream Cheese – Raspberry Coffee Cake. I think I’ll substitute cherries instead of the raspberry because I hate the seeds.
    Thanks for the contest. BTW, Thanks to Amber (comment #116) for the awesome recipe. I’m going to try that!
    dontaskme22(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  235. The Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets sounds yummy, can’t go wrong with both bacon & cheese! The Confetti Pinwheels also looks delicious!

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  237. recreate the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets those sound so yummy 🙂 my favorite from the site is Piglets In The Blanket we love those with spicy mustard 🙂

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  246. I would like you to make the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets.
    The Crab-Filled Crescent Wontons on the Pillsbury site are my fave.

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  247. I’d like to see you re-create the Crescent-Wrapped Brie. My favorite Crescent appetizer is the Shrimp Crescent Bites. Thanks!

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  252. Quick ‘n Cheesy Cocktail Swirls is my favorite appetizer and I think you should recreate the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets.

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  270. I would like you to re-create the Crescent Holiday Tree. My favorite Crescent Appetizer recipe is Piglets In The Blanket.

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  271. I would like for you to re- create the Crescent Bacon-Cheese Tartlets

    I like the Piglets In The Blanket recipe

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