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Blue Cheese and Red Onion Jam Crescent Thumbprints
Blue Cheese and Red Onion Jam Crescent Thumbprints
Take pinwheel appetizers a step further when you add a savory topping.
Prep Time: 30 Min
Total Time: 50 Min
Makes: 32 appetizers
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Pillsbury Bake-Off
Phyllis Weeks-Daniel
San Diego, CA
Bake-Off® Contest 43, 2008
$5,000 - GE Imagination at Work Award
INGREDIENTS:
1package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
1/2cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese (2 oz)*
1can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® Crescent Recipe Creations® refrigerated seamless dough sheet
1/3cup Fisher® Chef's Naturals® Chopped Pecans
1teaspoon CRISCO® 100% Extra Virgin or Pure Olive Oil
1/3cup finely chopped red onion
1tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1/4cup SMUCKER'S® Apricot Preserves
1/8to 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
DIRECTIONS:
1.Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, mix cream cheese and Gorgonzola cheese with fork until blended.
2.Unroll dough; separate or cut into 2 rectangles, each about 11 inches long. Place 1 rectangle on cutting board; if using crescent dough, press perforations together to seal. 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.
3.Bake 14 to 17 minutes or until golden brown.
4.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.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Heat oven to 350°F.
NUTRITION INFORMATION:
1 Appetizer: Calories 60 (Calories from Fat 35); Total Fat 4g (Saturated Fat 1 1/2g, Trans Fat 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 90mg; Total Carbohydrate 5g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 2g); Protein 1g Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 0% Exchanges: 1/2 Starch; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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*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.