Jalapeno, Bacon & Cream Cheese Pinwheels

I took these little guys out of the oven and set them in front of my guests before remembering to take a picture. Must be better about that!

I get a lot of my ideas from other people’s recipes. At this point, especially with Pinterest, it’s probably really hard to be 100% original. Even when I think I have an original recipe, then I will find something similar online. So this pinwheel recipe I took from Tasty Kitchen. While I love her blog and respect what she does, this recipe was a little wordy and it took me a few read throughs to figure out some of the steps. I think I’ve made it easier to understand by adding my step by step pictures below. However, if you want to follow along with the original recipe, please happily do so!

I did this recipe almost exact with some minor modifications. For some reason she says to use ¾ of the package of cream cheese. I used the whole thing and used the amount of jalapeños she suggested and it was still too spicy. It would have been worse had I used less cream cheese. I would say since I added bacon to it I could have gotten away with only doing 2-3 ounces of jalapeños.

The best thing about this is you can make them ahead of time. I made them the day before my party and covered them on a plate in the fridge.

I do apologize for my lack of finished pictures. My guests had arrived just as I was about to pop the pinwheels in the oven, so I didn’t take a picture of them on the greased pan or when they came out of the oven. Will try better next time!

INGREDIENTS

• 8 ounce block of cream cheese
• 2-3 ounces of diced jalapeños from a jar
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• 8 ounce tube of crescent rolls
• 2-3 slices of cooked bacon

Cut up the cream cheese. Don’t forget to turn the oven on while you are working on these steps.

Add the diced jalapeños & sugar and blend with a fork

Take your crescent roll and divide into two rectangles so you can make two pin wheels. Take one of the rectangles and pinch together the perforation to make one sheet

It doesn’t need to be perfect

Smear the cream cheese mixture with the back of a spoon

Top with crumbled bacon (use real bacon)

Carefully roll pinwheel.

Using a sharp knife, cut the pinwheel in half.

Then cut those quarters in half.

And one more time so you should be left with 16 pieces.

This is when I stopped taking pictures. Do the same steps above with the second sheet of dough. Place all the pieces on a highly greased baking sheet and bake in the oven at 375 degrees F for about 15 minutes. Keep an eye on them as the dough can quickly go from golden to burnt.

Final product! Enjoy!