Game-Day Spinach Pull-Apart
Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
Serves: 16
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons land o lakes butter, melted
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons garlic salt or 1 1⁄2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1⁄4 cup mayonnaise or 1⁄4 cup salad dressing
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1⁄2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (2 oz)
- 1 (9 ounce) box green giant frozen chopped spinach, thawed, squeezed to drain and finely chopped
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil leaves (optional, we didn't use it)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- red pepper flakes
- 2 (8 ounce) cans pillsbury refrigerated garlic butter crescent dinner rolls (16 rolls)
- 1 cup marinara sauce, heated (optional)
Directions
- Heat oven to 350°F
- Spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray.
- In small bowl, mix butter and 1/2 teaspoon of the garlic salt; set aside.
- In medium bowl, mix cream cheese, mayonnaise, Parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, spinach, basi (if using), pepper, red pepper flakes and remaining 1 teaspoon garlic salt until blended; set aside.
- Unroll crescent dough; separate into 16 triangles.
- Cut each triangle in half lengthwise to make total of 32 small triangles.
- Stretch or press 1 triangle slightly, being careful not to tear it.
- Spoon 1 tablespoon spinach mixture onto center of triangle; pull dough around mixture into a ball.
- Press edges to seal.
- Repeat with remaining triangles.
- Roll each ball in butter mixture; layer in pan.
- Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool 5 minutes.
- Place heatproof serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over.
- Remove pan; cool 10 minutes longer.
- Serve warm with marinara sauce.
- YUM!
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