When the busy schedule of the holidays is here, or if you have to host a small get-together and have little-to-no time to put into the preparation of an appetizer or meal, using pre-made crescent roll dough makes holiday prep a cinch and less stressful. This wonderful American staple is a major convenience that can be flavored, filled or used as a crust in both sweet and savory preparations. Crescent roll dough can even take the place of the more expensive puff pastry in many recipes.
What is crescent roll dough?
Pillsbury Crescent Rolls are thin bits of soft yeast dough rolled into a crescent shape. The crescent roll recipes are limitless when using this versatile dough.
What’s the difference between crescent rolls and puff pastry?
They’re made using very similar ingredients and techniques, but crescent rolls are a bit different from puff pastry, which doesn’t have yeast as an ingredient. Crescent rolls are so much easier to make than croissants and they require much less baking time too.
Best Crescent Roll Recipes
The following 30 best crescent roll recipes show how easy crescent rolls are to transform. You’ll find appetizer, breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert ideas, such as mouthwatering Cinnamon Roll Crescents, popular Baked Ham and Cheese Roll-Ups, easy-to-make Crack Roll-Up Chicken Crescents, delicious Cinnamon Cream Cheese Bars, Spooky Mummy Hot Dogs for Halloween and so much more! You’ll even learn how to make a Crescent Roll Ring-Shaped Wreath. Up next, sweet and savory puff pastry recipes Get the recipe: Easy Crescent Roll Breakfast Pizza Get the recipe: Blue Cheese Walnut Flatbread Get the recipe: Ham & Jam Pastry Pinwheels Get the recipe: Mummy Hot Dogs Get the recipe: Cherry Cream Cheese Crescent Ring Get the recipe: Thanksgiving Leftovers Ring Get the recipe: Mexican Pizza Get the recipe: Crescent Roll Pigs in Blankets Get the recipe: Cheesy Party Roll-Ups Get the recipe: Pizza Roll Bites Get the recipe: Taco Crescent Ring Get the recipe: Cinnamon Roll Crescents Get the recipe: Crack Chicken Roll-Ups Get the recipe: Reuben Crescents Get the recipe: Baked Ham and Cheese Rollups Get the recipe: S’mores Crescent Rolls Get the recipe: Lemon Cheesecake Crescent Rolls Get the recipe: Crescent Lasagna Pie Get the recipe: Crescent Taco Bake Recipe Get the recipe: Nutella and Banana Stuffed Crescent Rolls Get the recipe: Pepperoni Cream Cheese Crescent Rolls Get the recipe: Cinnamon Cream Cheese Bars Get the recipe: Sausage and Cream Cheese Crescent Breakfast Casserole Get the recipe: Crescent Roll Cheese Danish Get the recipe: Magic Crescent Bars Get the recipe: Blueberry Cheesecake Crescent Rolls Get the recipe: Philly Cheesesteak Style Crescents Get the recipe: Caprese Crescent Rolls Get the recipe: Apple Pie Bites Get the recipe: Eggnog Cinnamon Rolls
