Wednesday, December 16, 2020

5-Ingredient Blueberry Cheesecake Rolls

Ingredients
  • 3 oz cream cheese, softened to room temperature
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons powdered sugar
  • 1 (8 oz) tube of crescent roll dough (8 rolls)
  • 2/3 cup fresh blueberries
Preparation
  1. Preheat the oven to 375.
  2. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar with a hand mixer or a stand mixer.
  3. In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar with a hand mixer or a stand mixer.
  4. Separate canned crescent rolls into 8 triangles along the perforated seams. Place a triangle of dough on a clean, flat surface, with the short, wide end facing you and the long triangle pointing away. Spread a tablespoon of cream cheese mixture across the bottom third of the dough triangle. Top the cream cheese with two rows of blueberries.
  5. Separate canned crescent rolls into 8 triangles along the perforated seams. Place a triangle of dough on a clean, flat surface, with the short, wide end facing you and the long triangle pointing away. Spread a tablespoon of cream cheese mixture across the bottom third of the dough triangle. Top the cream cheese with two rows of blueberries.
  6. Roll the dough forward, starting with the end closest to you, all the way to the tip of the triangle.
  7. Roll the dough forward, starting with the end closest to you, all the way to the tip of the triangle.
  8. Place the finished roll onto a baking sheet and repeat with remaining ingredients to create 8 rolls.
  9. Place the finished roll onto a baking sheet and repeat with remaining ingredients to create 8 rolls.
  10. Bake for 10-13 minutes until the rolls are golden brown. Serve warm!

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Cranberry Pecan Oatmeal Cookies


Cranberry Pecan Oatmeal Cookies

Servings 4 dozen

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter 2 sticks, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 3 cups uncooked oats
  • 1 cup fresh cranberries chopped into small pieces
  • 1 cup pecans chopped
  • 1 cup white chocolate chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. Using a large mixing bowl, add butter and sugars and beat until creamy.
  3. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Beat until well combined.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
  5. Add flour mixture to large mixing bowl and mix well.
  6. Stir in oatmeal then gently stir in cranberries, pecans and white chocolate chips.
  7. Drop by rounded teaspoon onto ungreased cookie sheet.
  8. Bake for approximately 10-12 minutes or until cookies start to brown around the edges.
  9. Once removed from oven, place cookies on a wire rack to cool.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from my Oatmeal Craisin White Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe.