Grands!™ Crescents Ham and Egg Breakfast Braid
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Updated Aug 17, 2018
This beautiful crescent braid is easier than it looks! A simple folding technique over eggs, ham and creamy cheese gives you an impressive-looking breakfast dish that is guaranteed to be the star of your brunch party.
Grands!™ Crescents Ham and Egg Breakfast Braid
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- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 55 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 8
Ingredients
- 1 package (8 oz) cubed ham (about 1 1/3 cups)
- 1/3 cup chopped red bell pepper
- 7 eggs
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 cup chive cream cheese spread (from 7.5-oz container)
- 1 can (12 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Butter Flake Crescent Rolls (8 Count) or 1 can (12 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Original Crescent Rolls (8 Count)
- 1 cup shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese blend (4 oz)
- 1 teaspoon poppy seed
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line large cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
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Step2In medium bowl, beat ham, bell pepper, 6 of the eggs and the pepper with whisk or fork until well mixed.
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Step3In 10-inch nonstick skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Pour egg mixture in skillet; cook over medium-high heat 2 to 3 minutes or until eggs are thoroughly cooked but still moist. Stir in cream cheese. Cook 1 to 2 minutes longer, stirring occasionally, until cheese is melted.
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Step4Meanwhile, unroll dough into 1 long rectangle onto cookie sheet. Press into 16x8-inch rectangle, firmly pressing perforations and seams to seal.
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Step5Spoon egg mixture in 4-inch wide strip lengthwise down center of rectangle. Sprinkle with shredded cheese. With sharp knife, make cuts 1 inch apart on long sides of dough rectangle to within 1/2 inch of egg mixture. Fold strips of dough up over egg mixture to meet in center; pinch to seal.
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Step6In small bowl, beat remaining egg with whisk or fork; brush evenly onto dough. Sprinkle with poppy seed.
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Step7Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until deep golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet; cut into crosswise slices. Serve warm.
Nutrition
390
Calories
26g
Total Fat
18g
Protein
20g
Total Carbohydrate
5g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 390
- Calories from Fat
- 240
- Total Fat
- 26g
- 40%
- Saturated Fat
- 12g
- 60%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 210mg
- 70%
- Sodium
- 940mg
- 39%
- Potassium
- 220mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 20g
- 7%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 5g
- Protein
- 18g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 1 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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