Sausage Pinwheels

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Sausage and Cream Cheese Pinwheels

Prep Time15

Cook Time10

Total Time25

Course: Appetizer, Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Sausage pinwheel

Servings: pinwheels

Cook, brown and crumble sausage in a skillet over medium heat. Once cooked, remove excess grease.
To get cream cheese extra soft, whip with an electric mixer for 2-3 minutes. (This is optional) Stir cream cheese, garlic powder, sausage and green onion together until combined.
Roll crescent rolls out on parchment paper. Do not separate the rolls. Pinch the seams together to form one large rectangle.
Spread sausage mixture on top of rolls. Roll up lengthwise and wrap roll in parchment paper and plastic wrap. Place in the freezer for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Remove roll from plastic wrap and cut into 1/4 inch thick slices.
Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for approximately 10 minutes or until golden brown.

Soften cream cheese. Let the cream cheese sit out at room temperature for about 30 minutes before making. This helps it to become creamier and easier to spread.

Drain of any excess grease. Make sure to drain off grease and pat the sausage with paper towels once it's done cooking. This helps to prevent the sausage pinwheels from getting too moist.

Let the roll chill. Make sure to allow time for the sausage roll to chill before slicing. This helps to hold all of the ingredients together.

Roll tightly. Try and roll as tightly as possible to make sure the ingredients don't fall out.

Make ahead of time. These can be prepared ahead of time. Just make sure to store them in the refrigerator, not the freezer.