I Heart Pillsbury. . .There, I Said It!

FACT: Crescent Rolls + Anything = Awesomeness.

Yessss, I know that doesn't sound very 'homemade-ey,'
but those things are just so handy and good.
Crescent Rolls can be used in about
a bazillion different recipes. . .from
Taco Pie and Sopapilla Cheesecake,
to Pig In the Blankets and many Pampered Chef recipes.
Whoever invented the Pillsbury Crescent Roll
should definitely win a prize!

For this week's Free Recipe Friday,
we'll call our recipe Cream Cheese Rolls,
because I've never had to name them until now.
My family just calls them 'cream cheese things'. . . as in,
"Mom, can you make some of those cream cheese things?"

I made these beauties for the first time almost 10 years ago. EEK!
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT STACI WARLICK FREEMAN!?!?!?
I am not even sure where I got the idea for this recipe,
maybe a spin-off of something I had seen on TV?!?
But I remember the exact weekend I made them at our house
(which involved Staci and a bunch of 8th grade girls
and would require a WHOLE other blog to tell the tales
of THAT weekend!!!!!)
but we haven't stopped making these rolls since!

Again, these little yummies are very easy to do
and require just a very few ingredients.

WHAT YOU NEED:

2 tubes/pkgs Crescent Rolls
2 - 8 oz pkgs Cream Cheese, softened

Powdered Sugar (appx 2 1/2 cups)

Milk (appx 2-3 Tablespoons)
Vanilla (appx 1/2 teaspoon)
Baking Sheet, sprayed with non-stick spray
Oven :)

WHAT TO DO:

Place your softened cream cheese blocks
in a medium size bowl.
Add 2-3 Tablespoons of powdered sugar
to the cream cheese and stir well.  Set aside.
(This is optional - sometimes we add the sugar,
sometimes we don't).

Open your crescent rolls, unroll and divide
each triangle and lay flat.
You can do this on a cutting board, a clean counter
or your sprayed baking sheet.
(Helpful hint, unroll one tube at a time as these
babies get pretty gooey once the chill is gone.)

Now, spread a heaping tablespoon of your
cream cheese mixture onto each triangle.
It doesn't have to be beautiful and perfect. . .
just goop it on there, spread it out and go to the next one.
Resist your OCD tendencies here.

Roll up each triangle into it's intended crescent shape.
Place on sprayed baking sheet and bake for 15 or so minutes.

While these heavenly bundles of goodness are baking,
whisk together appx. 2 cups of powdered sugar,
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla and 2-3 Tablespoons of milk.
You want a thick but pourable icing to drizzle onto the rolls.

 When you remove the crescents from the oven,

drizzle the icing on them while they are still hot

and after a few minutes of cooling, they are ready to eat!

Crescent Rolls are so versatile. . .
experiment with filling these with various cheeses
or even chocolate chips.

Happy Cooking!!!!
Enjoy!