I rarely have time to create new recipes or the money to waste on experimenting. So "semi-homemade" helps me save my precious time and it's fun to play in the kitchen when you have $10 and an hour to spare. I promise I can get down making food from scratch but who has time when there are such good morning talk shows (Anderson and Bethenny were so good today - Oh and Ricki Lake is coming back!!!) and bad reality TV (Teen Mom, oh my - last season)! I am shaping up to be the awesomest stay at home Mom! Summer starts tomorrow, I am so excited!
Disclaimer: This recipe is loosely (very loosely) inspired by Southern California's Famous Porto's Bakery Guava Cheese Rolls. My recipe isn't intended as a copycat recipe.
Semi-homemade Sweet & Cheesy Pockets Ingredients
1 Tube Crescent Rolls
8 Tablespoons Trader Joe's Honey Apple Butter (or any flavored butter, jam or jelly)
8 Teaspoons Cream Cheese (you can use flavored cream cheese)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Separate rolls on a baking sheet
- On the wider side of each roll, place 1 tablespoon of honey apple butter and 1 teaspoon of cream cheese
- Fold the thin, pointy tip of roll toward wide side and then fold in other edges to make it look like a cute little pocket
- Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown
This was the first time I made these and they came out really good. My husband, 13 year old and I ate these up in 5 minutes. I suggest letting a few of them cool for about 10 minutes, I can't decide if they tasted better fresh out of the oven or after they cooled. I do know that I'll be experimenting with other flavor profiles. I'm excited for strawberry jam and strawberry cream cheese pockets.
Labels: Cream Cheese, Crescent Rolls, Food, Honey Apple Butter, Semi-homemade, Semi-homemade Sweet Cheesy Pockets
