Mini Sopapilla Cheesecake Pockets!

Happy Star Wars Day!  May the 4th be with you.

I've never been a Star Wars fan exactly, but my husband and son are fanatics!  In fact, my son is wearing Star Wars apparel from head to toe today.  I let them indulge today and quote the movies all they want without eye rolls, or nagging them to quit.

So, my mom has made Sopapilla Cheesecake for as long as I can remember.  It's her go to dessert whenever someone asks her to bring a dish.  Everyone I know loves the sweet, cinnamon-y, cheesecake flavor with the flaky crust.  Which brings me to today's dessert.  I was looking through my refrigerator for something sweet to satisfy my children's sweet tooth, and I noticed I had crescent rolls. Once I found all the other ingredients I would need, I knew it was ON!

MINI SOPAPILLA CHEESECAKE POCKETS

Here are the ingredients you'll need to collect:
2 Crescent Rolls tubes
4 tbsp.Sugar
1 8oz. Cream Cheese
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
1 tbsp. Cinnamon

1. Cream together cream cheese, sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla.  Make sure it's nice and creamy!  I won't tattle on anyone if you taste test a little :)

2.  Unroll and separate your crescent rolls.  Using a tablespoon, put a dollop of cream cheesy goodness on the top part of each crescent roll.

3. Fold the corners of the crescent just over the cream cheese mixture to hold it in while baking.  Then, loosely, roll it into a crescent roll pocket.

4.  Once you've got your crescent rolls on a baking sheet, add a pinch of sugar and cinnamon (or more than a pinch if you're like me) to the tops of each roll.

5.  Bake at 375* for 11-13 minutes.  My oven is finicky, so I usually bake a minute longer than suggested.

My kids and husband devoured these within 5 minutes!  When they were finished, my daughter asked me where I got the recipe.... I told her I came up with something with what I had in the fridge.  She told me, "well, I REALLY hope you wrote down what you did so you can do it again soon!"  I'd call that SUCCESS!!!

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Mini Sopapilla Cheesecake Pockets:
2 Crescent Rolls tubes
4 tbsp.Sugar
1 8oz. Cream Cheese
1/2 tsp. Vanilla
1 tbsp. Cinnamon

1. Preheat oven to 375*.
2. Cream together sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and cinnamon
3. Unroll and separate crescent rolls from packaging. Place 1 tbsp. size amount of cream cheese mixture onto each crescent roll.  Loosely, folding in top corners, roll up the crescent roll.
4. Sprinkle desired amount of additional sugar and cinnamon over the tops of the rolls.
5. Bake for 11-13 minutes.  Serve, and enjoy!