Savory Sausage Cups

These quick-and-easy appetizers using Jimmy Dean pork sausage, cream cheese, and vegetables make a tasty one-bite treat for any get-together.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 71 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 4 ounces garden vegetable cream cheese, softened
• 1 (16 ounce) package Jimmy Dean® Premium Pork Regular Sausage
• 2 (8 ounce) packages crescent roll sheets
• 0.25 cup finely chopped green onion
• 0.25 cup finely chopped red bell pepper

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Step 2

Combine regular and vegetable cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, bell pepper, green onion, and cooled, crumbled sausage in a bowl. Mix well and set aside.

Step 3

Place 1 square in each cup of two nonstick 24-cup mini muffin tins, pressing it into the bottom and up the sides.

Step 4

Drop 1 heaping teaspoon of sausage filling into each cup. Filling should be up to the top of the cup, but you do not need to press it down.

Step 5

Cool for 5 minutes in the tins before removing to a platter.

Step 6

Add sausage to a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir with a spatula, breaking apart sausage until cooked, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and let cool.

Step 7

Unroll 1 crescent dough sheet and press it into a 9x12-inch rectangle. Cut 6 rows across and 4 rows vertically to yield 24 squares. Repeat with second package of dough.

Step 8

Bake in the preheated oven until dough is golden brown, 11 to 13 minutes.