Baked Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomato Appetizer

Baked Pesto and Sun-Dried Tomato Appetizer recipe

photo by:kraft

Big hit at Thanksgiving. I used sun-dried tomato pesto and topped it with minced homemade roasted red bell pepper. The cream cheese was a little bloated by the time it was ...read more

posted by

moonluvli

on 11/29/2011

time

prep:

10 min

total:

30 min

servings

total:

16 servings, 2 Tbsp. each

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What You Need

can (8 oz.) refrigerated crescent dinner rolls

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese

tsp. pesto

tsp. finely chopped drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes

Make It

PREHEAT oven to 400°F. Unroll crescent dough; separate into four rectangles. Place two of the rectangles, side-by-side, on nonstick baking sheet. Firmly press seams and perforations together to seal. Reserve remaining dough for decorative garnish.

CUT block of cream cheese horizontally in half. Spread pesto onto bottom half of cream cheese; cover with tomatoes. Top with remaining cream cheese to form sandwich. Place in center of dough. Bring up ends of dough around all sides of cream cheese to enclose completely; pinch ends of dough together to seal. Place, seam-side down, on baking sheet. Cut remaining crescent dough into small fun shapes, such as leaves or fruit. Arrange on top of dough.

BAKE 20 min. Serve warm with assorted NABISCO Crackers and fresh vegetables.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Variation

Instead of using leftover crescent roll dough for decorations, shape into crescents and bake as directed on package. Cool, then place in tightly covered container or resealable plastic bag and store at room temperature until ready to serve.

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a cook

posted:2/8/2005

I made this for a party and it was a big hit!

soozaay

posted:12/30/2004

SO easy and oh so yummy! Anytime I need to bring an appetizer to a party, it's always requested that I make this. It is just too good!!

uvlt10

posted:12/23/2004

I made this for a Christmas party and had to make more! Everyone wanted the recipe. They actually thought I bought it and made the pinapple upside down pie.

michelle0321

posted:12/20/2004

I made this for a party over the past weekend and everyone raved about it. Everyone asked me for the recipe.

tmcameron

posted:11/22/2004

This recipe is the bomb, especially if you love sun dried tomatoes and pesto!! I would double, even triple those two ingredients!!!!

a cook

posted:3/30/2004

I have made this several times. Everyone always asks for the recipe! It is wonderful and easy to make.

a cook