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Blue Cheese and Red Onion Jam Crescent Thumbprints

By: Pillsbury Bake-Off® Contest 
"Take pinwheel appetizers a step further when you add a savory topping."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.4 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (6)

Prep Time:
30 Min
Ready In:
50 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 32 appetizers
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese*
  • 1 (8 ounce) can Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations™ refrigerated flaky dough sheet*
  • 1/3 cup Fisher® Chef's Naturals® Chopped Pecans
  • 1 teaspoon CRISCO® 100% Extra Virgin or Pure Olive Oil
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped red onion
  • 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup SMUCKER'S® Apricot Preserves
  • 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme leaves

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. In small bowl, mix cream cheese and Gorgonzola cheese with fork until blended.
  2. If using crescent rolls: Unroll dough; separate into 2 rectangles, each about 11 inches long. Place 1 rectangle on cutting board; press perforations together to seal. If using dough sheet: Unroll dough; cut lengthwise into 2 rectangles, each about 11 inches long. Place one rectangle on cutting board.
  3. Spread half of the cheese mixture over dough to within 1/2 inch of long sides; sprinkle half of the pecans evenly over cheese. Starting at 1 long side, roll up; press seam to seal. Cut roll into 16 (about 3/4-inch) slices with serrated knife; place cut sides down on ungreased large cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, cheese and pecans.
  4. Bake 14 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. Meanwhile, in 8-inch nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook 3 to 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until soft and lightly brown. Remove from heat. Stir in vinegar, preserves (breaking up large pieces of fruit if necessary) and thyme; set aside.
  5. After removing rolls from oven, immediately press back of a teaspoon into center of each roll to make small indentation. Spoon slightly less than 1/2 teaspoon onion jam into each indentation. Remove from cookie sheet. Serve warm.

Footnotes

  • *Gorgonzola is a creamy Italian blue cheese named after the town of its origin, but any type of blue cheese can be used in this recipe.
  • High Altitude (3500-6500 ft.): Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Submitted by
  • Phyllis Weeks-Daniel, San Diego, CA
  • Bake-Off® Contest 43, 2008
  • Bake-Off is a registered trademark of General Mills ©2009
  • 2009© and ®/™ of General Mills
  • Fisher is a registered trademark of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL 60007-6057 U.S.A.
  • ®CRISCO is a trademark of The J.M. Smucker Company
  • ®/™ Smucker's, Smucker's Squeeze and Smucker's Sundae Syrups are trademarks of The J.M. Smucker Company

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 64 | Total Fat: 4.2g | Cholesterol: 6mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 18, 2009 by Ritak96 Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
These are really good. Make sure the onion is very finely chopped and that the dough is...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2008 by duchessmellie   view full review
Very easy to make and simply delicious. Once i rolled up the crescent dough into the long...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 14, 2009 by MLALAK   view full review
great recipe. But I didn't want to bother with rolling and slicing the rolls, so I just used...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 16, 2009 by GumboGirl   view full review
delicious! the perfect finger food
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 11, 2009 by Jaswany   view full review
Very good recipe. I am not sure how to get 32 servings. I had 16 servings and it seems...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 1, 2009 by mofun   view full review
I used orange marmalade instead of the apricot preserves. Next time I will really cut down on...

 

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