Barb Walters
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Cream cheese-stuffed peppers are wrapped in flaky crescent rolls and rolled in Parmesan cheese in this spicy appetizer.
Swaddled Peppers
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 50 min
- Ingredients 8
- Servings 16
Ingredients
- 4 oz. cream cheese (from 8-oz. pkg.), softened
- 1 teaspoon grated lime peel
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 8 fresh whole jalapeño chiles
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Crescent Rolls (8 Count)
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 4 oz. fresh Parmesan cheese, grated (1 cup)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix cream cheese, lime peel, cilantro and lime juice until well blended; set aside. Carefully remove stems from chiles; cut each in half lengthwise.* Remove and discard seeds.
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Step2Unroll dough on cutting board; separate into 8 triangles. From center of longest side to opposite point, cut each triangle in half, making 16 triangles.
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Step3For each appetizer, spoon 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture into chile half; place chile, cream cheese side down, on dough triangle with point of chile near top point of triangle. Wrap sides of triangle up over chile; pinch to seal. Bring point of triangle down over end of chile to cover; pinch to seal.
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Step4In separate shallow dishes, place melted butter and Parmesan cheese. Dip each dough-wrapped chile into butter; roll in cheese to coat. Place on sprayed cookie sheet.
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Step5Bake at 375°F. for 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheet. Serve warm.
Nutrition
130
Calories
9g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
8g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Appetizer
- Calories
- 130
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 9g
- 14%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 25%
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 7%
- Sodium
- 320mg
- 13%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 8g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 2%
- 2%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 1/2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
1/2Tips from the
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