Here’s a crowd-favorite Sausage Cream Cheese Crescents recipe—easy, savory, and perfect for breakfast or parties 🥐
Sausage Cream Cheese Crescents
Ingredients
- 1 lb breakfast sausage (pork, turkey, or spicy)
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 2 cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
- Optional:
- ½ cup shredded cheddar or Colby-Jack
- 1 tsp garlic powder or onion powder
- Everything bagel seasoning or sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat
- Oven to 375°F (190°C)
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper
- Cook Sausage
- Brown sausage in a skillet over medium heat
- Drain excess grease
- Stir in cream cheese until melted and fully combined
(Add shredded cheese or seasoning here if using.)
- Assemble
- Unroll crescent dough and separate triangles
- Spoon sausage mixture onto the wide end of each triangle
- Roll up and place seam-side down on baking sheet
- Bake
- Bake 11–14 minutes until golden brown
- Cool & Serve
- Rest 3–5 minutes before serving
Tips & Variations
- Spicy: use hot sausage + pinch of red pepper flakes
- Sweet & Savory: add 1–2 tbsp maple syrup to sausage mixture
- Make Ahead: assemble, refrigerate overnight, bake fresh
- Freezer Friendly: freeze unbaked crescents; bake from frozen +3–5 min
If you’d like, I can also share a crescent ring version, air fryer method, or a 3-ingredient shortcut 😊
