Bacon and Cheese Crescents

Cream cheese is almost a staple in this house.  I use it for many things, but icing is the main reason I have cream cheese in the fridge at almost any time.  When I went shopping at Sam's not long ago I got the Sam's version of cream cheese.  Not really thinking at the time just how much that was.  Yesterday with my husband working a long day at work.  I pulled out my cream cheese cookbook and started to look through it to see if there was some kind of supper item I could make that would use cream cheese.  I had not flipped through too many pages when I found something that looked really good.  I supposed anything would have looked good since I had not had lunch yet.  

The basic recipe was very similar to the stuffed mushrooms that we make and I know how good that is.  The only difference was it was stuffed into a crescent instead of a mushroom.  So, see the versatility here.  If you like the basic recipe you could use it so many ways.  But be careful, you may find that cream cheese becomes a staple in your fridge as well.  

The basic recipe idea is:

Basically soften the cream cheese.  Cook several strips of bacon til crisp enough to crumble.  Finely chop some onion and garlic.  (if stuffing mushrooms I always break the stems off and chop them as well) Saute the onion, garlic and mushrooms if you use them in the drippings left from the bacon.  

Add the bacon and onion mixture to the cream cheese and mix.  When stuffing mushrooms I add bread crumbs to this mix but since I was wrapping this with the crescent I did not add the bread crumbs.  I also added some yellow cheese, chopped baby spinach, salt, and Mrs. Dash seasoning.  Mix all this together well.  

Take a can of crescent rolls, this will take 2 cans.  I did not have the crescent rolls so I made the buttery rolls recipe from earlier and made my own crescent shaped wraps.  Cut each crescent in half lengthways.  Place about a teaspoon on the the larger end of each crescent and roll up.  Place point side down on a baking sheet and bake at 350 for about 15 - 20 minutes.  

You can always taste the mixture to make sure it has enough seasonings or the right seasonings for your taste.  

If you use this for stuffing mushrooms then the mixture fits into the cup of the mushroom.  You can then bake these or microwave them for a few minutes.  We do not have a microwave so I bake them for about 20 minutes.  We also use the larger Portabello mushrooms and they need to bake a little longer than the smaller ones.  

The larger mushrooms make a good dinner by themselves while the smaller ones are great appetizers at a party. 

I hope you try this for yourself and let me know what you may have changed with the recipe.  I would love to try it.  

My daughter even stuffed chicken breasts with the mixture recipe and baked them.  She said that it was out of this world.  I have not had the opportunity to try it myself as yet.  You may have other suggestions.  Lets try them together and see.  Maybe one day we could put a cook book together.  :)

Happy cooking.