Sausage Crescent Braid Recipe

Sausage Crescent Braid Recipe

  • 1/2 pound bulk Italian turkey sausage
  • 1 (9 ounce) box Green Giant® Frozen Spinach, thawed, squeezed to drain
  • 1 cup fat-free cottage cheese, drained
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic in water
  • 1 (8 ounce) can Pillsbury® Refrigerated Crescent Dinner Rolls
  • 3 (1 ounce) slices provolone cheese
  • 3 (1 ounce) slices mozzarella cheese
  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F. In 8-inch skillet, cook sausage over medium heat, stirring frequently, until no longer pink; drain.
  2. In large bowl, mix thawed spinach, cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, garlic and cooked sausage.
  3. Unroll dough into 1 large rectangle on ungreased cookie sheet; press into 13×8-inch rectangle, firmly pressing perforations and seams to seal. Spoon sausage mixture in 4-inch-wide strip lengthwise down center of rectangle. Top with slices of both cheeses.
  4. With scissors or sharp knife, make cuts 1 inch apart on long sides of dough rectangle to within 1/2 inch of sausage mixture. Fold strips of dough up over sausage mixture to meet in center; pinch to seal.
  5. Bake at 375 degrees F for 18 to 24 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet; cut into crosswise slices. Serve warm.