Ingredients
Method
- Preheat oven to 375º F.
- Take the dried blueberries and process them in a food processor until finely ground. Stop short of creating a powder if you prefer a rustic look in the dough.
- Pull the crescent roll dough pieces apart and put in stand mixer, or large bowl for a hand mixer. Add ground blueberries and stir for a minute on low speed. Add 1 tablespoon water, if the dough feels dry and you want to incorporate the blueberries a bit more.
- On a lightly-floured surface, roll out the dough until it is ⅛ inch thick. Cut triangles to replicate the original pattern of alternating triangles.
- Add the triangles to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- In a small bowl, mix the cream cheese and blueberries with a spoon until thoroughly combined. Small bits of cream cheese are "ok" to leave in the mixture.
- Spoon 1 - 2 teaspoons of the blueberry cream cheese onto the wider end of each triangle and roll, starting from the wide end. Some mixture will leak out - you can either push some back in, pinch the sides a little to prevent further leakage, or just eat what crescent roll decided was extra. Reserve a few tablespoons of the cream cheese mixture for later.
- Bake for about 16 minutes, or until the edges of the rolls are a medium-brown and the dough in the middle of the roll has a thin crust texture. Time is added to the instructions on the crescent roll package because of the filling.
- Allow to cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, or drizzle with the remaining blueberry cream cheese mixture. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Notes
If you have fresh blueberries that you would like to dry at home, you can add a pint to a parchment-lined baking sheet (after washing and drying) and dry in a 225ºF oven for about 3 hours, depending upon the size of the blueberries. Otherwise, freeze dried blueberries from the store will work well - and provide a little more of a consistent texture when you add to the food processor.
If the crescent rolls allow some of the cream cheese to spill onto the parchment paper while baking, it actually makes a really tasty treat to enjoy while you're waiting for the crescent rolls to cool!