Turkey Crescent Bites {Great For Turkey Leftovers}

Whip upward a unproblematic turkey filling baked betwixt layers of crescent dough, in addition to you've got super tasty Turkey Crescent Bites. It's a perfectly scrumptious recipe for enjoying those turkey leftovers.

It's almost Turkey Day! And if I'm existence 100% honest, I convey to acknowledge that the actual turkey itself is my to the lowest degree favorite purpose of Thanksgiving dinner. I'm means to a greater extent than interested inwards all the creamy sides, extra-delicious breads, in addition to sugary desserts.

But seat me that leftover turkey the side past times side day, alongside some skilful quondam white staff of life inwards a sandwich, in addition to I'm inwards turkey bliss.

Now ... mix that leftover turkey alongside another goodies, slap it betwixt ii layers of crescent whorl dough, bake it up, in addition to cutting it into niggling bites? Oh, now I'm inwards turkey heaven.

And that's precisely what happens inwards this recipe. Such a neat means to bask leftover, or fifty-fifty not leftover, turkey.

All you lot exercise to brand these tasty niggling Turkey Crescent Bites is whip upward a unproblematic filling of chopped turkey combined alongside sauteed celery in addition to onion, spices, cream cheese, in addition to dried cranberries. Then sandwich the filling betwixt sheets of crescent dough, bake it, in addition to work a pizza cutter to cutting the mixture into bite-sized pieces. And in that place you've got niggling turkey crescent bites! Little delicious turkey crescent bites.

I came across the inspiration for this recipe in Southern Lady magazine. They had a recipe for Turkey Crescent Cups ... plumbing equipment crescent dough into muffin cups in addition to filling the cups alongside a turkey-cream cheese mixture.

Well, I decided plumbing equipment the muffin cups was every bit good much work. And also decided I wanted to alter the filling upward a bit.

So modeling my approach afterwards my reader-favorite 3-Ingredient Sausage Crescent Bites ...

... in addition to only spreading the filling mixture betwixt sheets of crescent dough in addition to and then cutting the finished production into squares alongside a pizza cutter, this simpler version was born.

Creamy. Yummy. Flavorful. With precisely a niggling hint of sweetness from the impact of dried cranberries. Perfect for a post-Thanksgiving breakfast, lunch, brunch, or snack ... or every bit anytime political party fare. Or heck, fifty-fifty every bit a vacation appetizer. Pretty versatile, don't you lot think?

So when you've got some leftover turkey from your Turkey Day dinner, watch whipping yourself upward a delicious platter of turkey sky on a crescent roll. It's a fun in addition to tasty means to bask turkey leftovers.

Turkey Crescent Bites

Source: Adapted from Southern Lady Magazine, November/December 2013, Turkey Crescent Cups

(Printable recipe)

Ingredients

2 tubes crescent rolls
1 c. chopped celery (about 2 stalks)
1/2 c. chopped onion (about 1 pocket-sized onion)
2 T. extra-virgin olive oil
2 1/2 c. chopped cooked turkey
1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. ground sage
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 c. chopped dried cranberries

Directions

Heat olive crude inwards a saute pan over medium heat. Add chopped celery in addition to onion; saute until tender, almost three to four minutes. Add chopped turkey, salt, pepper, sage, in addition to garlic powder, stirring to combine. Reduce oestrus to depression in addition to blend inwards cream cheese until the cream cheese is melted. Remove from oestrus in addition to stir inwards chopped cranberries.
Unroll ane bundle of crescent rolls in addition to house on a baking sheet. With your fingers, gently press the seams together to seal them. Spread the turkey mixture evenly over the crescent whorl dough, leaving almost a 1/2-inch border along the edges.
Unroll the remaining bundle of crescent rolls in addition to house on exceed of the turkey mixture. Press the edges together to seal. Gently press the seams together.
Bake at 375 degrees for almost twenty minutes, or until crescent whorl dough is golden brown.
Cut into pocket-sized squares in addition to serve. (A pizza cutter makes actually quick in addition to slow locomote of the cutting.)

Enjoy!

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