Spinach Dip Crescent Wreath
This crescent wreath is a beautiful Christmas appetizer that's filled with tasty spinach dip!
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 10 oz frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezed to remove moisture
- 6 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 cloved garlic minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon Italian season
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
- 2 tubes refrigerated Crescent roll dough
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 12 cherry or grape tomatoes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Place cream cheese in a saucepan or skillet over medium heat. Add spinach and stir until cream cheese melts. If cream cheese seems to be cooking on the bottom of the pan lower the heat.
- Stir in garlic, salt, onion powder, chili powder and pepper.
- Stir in parmesan and mozzarella cheeses and mix to combine. Mixture should be warm, but cheeses don't need to be completely melted.
- Open both tubes of crescent rolls and unroll and separate them. There will be 16; you will use 12 in the wreath.
- Lightly grease or line a 12 inch pizza pan with parchment paper (you may use a large cookie sheet instead).
- Place a 5 to 5.5 inch bowl in the center of your pan. Create a starburst shape by layering 12 crescent triangles around the bowl, with the points of the triangles pointing outward. The straight edges of the triangles will overlap around the bowl.
- Spoon the spinach dip mixture onto the crescent roll dough, in a donut shape around the bowl. Press the dip flat (see photos in the blog post).
- Remove the bowl from the center of the wreath. Bring each dough triangle up and over the spinach dip filling, then tuck it in under the center of the wreath to secure. NOTE: You want to be able to see filling in between each crescent triangle.
- Bake approximately 22 minutes until the crescent rolls are well browned. Remove from oven and brush with a little melted butter and sprinkle with additional Italian seasoning if desired.
- Slice the ends of 12 cherry tomatoes and use them to decorate the wreath if desired. You can also lay a bow on top of the wreath.