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Crescent chicken squares


This is one of my favorite meals to make and it happens to have cream cheese in it. Okay, so maybe that's what pulls me in. It's easy to make, and it happens to be a $25,000 recipe. It took top honors in the Pillsbury Bake-off competition a couple years ago. That's how much a woman won for her recipe — $25 G's. Granted, she prepared this in a competition on national television, which in itself is a feat, but how awesome is that? I adjusted the recipe slightly to satisfy my tastebuds.

Crescent Chicken Squares 
INGREDIENTS
5 oz. cream cheese, softened

1 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
2 cups chicken, cooked and cubed
1 tbsp. fresh chives, chopped
1 shallot, minced

1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper

2 tbsp. milk
1 tbsp. pimientos, chopped
1 can refrigerated crescent dinner rolls or crescent recipe creations seamless dough sheet

1 tbsp. unsalted butter, melted

3/4 cup whole-wheat croutons, crushed

DIRECTIONS
Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, mix cream cheese and 1 tbsp. softened butter; beat until smooth. Add chicken, chives, shallot, salt, pepper, milk and pimientos; mix well.

Separate or cut dough into 4 rectangles. If using crescent dough, firmly press perforations to seal. Spoon 1/2 cup chicken mixture onto center of each rectangle. Pull 4 corners of dough to center of chicken mixture; twist firmly. Pinch edges to seal. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Brush tops of sandwiches with 1 tbsp. melted butter; sprinkle with crushed croutons.
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown.


Source: Adapted from Pillsbury.com

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4 comments

  1. Dina on 1/28/10, 9:14 AM

    ummmmm......YUM!

     
  2. jennifer on 1/28/10, 10:49 AM

    We make them too! They are super yummy!

     
  3. Jennifer on 1/28/10, 2:22 PM

    Hi Amy, it's Jason's Jennifer. Sorry about the Genevieve confusion. These Chicken Squares look awesome. I think we are going to have to give them a try soon. Also, your book of the month (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) is wonderful. My book club read it last month.

     
  4. jjtownsley on 3/24/10, 10:38 AM

    Jenn made these for me last night, and they were fantastic. She swapped the pimentos for black olives, which was tasty.

     


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