Sweet Hawaiian crescent rolls get stuffed with Italian-style meatballs and shredded cheese and coated with butter and bread crumbs for a seriously tasty appetizer that will have every guest reaching for seconds. Make ‘em even better by dunking in marinara sauce.
Italian Meatball Crescent Buns
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 50 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 16
Ingredients
- 16 frozen Italian style meatballs (from 22-oz bag)
- 1 can (8 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sweet Hawaiian Crescent Rolls (8 Count)
- 1 cup (4 oz) finely shredded Italian cheese blend (from 8-oz package)
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3/4 cup Progresso™ Italian panko crispy bread crumbs
- 1 cup marinara pasta sauce, heated
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F.
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Step2In microwavable bowl, microwave meatballs uncovered on High 2 to 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
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Step3Remove dough from can; do not unroll. Using sharp serrated knife, cut roll evenly into 16 rounds; carefully separate rounds. Press each round to 3 inches in diameter. Place 1 tablespoon cheese and 1 meatball on center of each dough round. Bring up sides of dough over meatball; firmly pinch edges to seal.
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Step4In small shallow bowl, place melted butter. In another shallow bowl, place bread crumbs. Dip dough balls into butter, then roll in bread crumbs. Place seam side down 2 inches apart on ungreased large cookie sheet.
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Step5Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. Serve warm with marinara sauce.
Nutrition
140
Calories
8g
Total Fat
4g
Protein
12g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 140
- Calories from Fat
- 80
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 13%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 25%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 310mg
- 13%
- Potassium
- 60mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 12g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 4g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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