Baked Cheesecake Bites

Another little dessert we wanted to try 

this past weekend was fried cheesecake.  

After doing a bit of speculating, I decided to avoid the deep frying by using crescent rolls and baking the bites.  

They were a hit!  

They would also be delicious served with ice cream and topped with whipped topping for a majorly impressive cheesecake sundae!

Baked Cheesecake Bites

1 Sara Lee Cheesecake, cut into small squares

1 pkg Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

1/2 cup sugar

2 TBSP cinnamon

Caramel Ice Cream Topping

Take the cheesecake out of the package.  

Cut into 1 " squares, put in a glad-ware container 

and freeze for 1 hour at least.  

When freezer time is up, unroll crescents, keeping 

them in rectangular shape and pressing seams together to seal.  

Cut each rectangle in 1/2.  Wrap a cheesecake square in each dough square, bring up the sides and wrapping like a little package. 

 Roll in cinnnamon and sugar mixture.  

Place each square on baking sheet and bake on 350 degrees 

for 15 - 20 minutes until brown and dough is done. 

Enjoy with a drizzle of caramel topping. 

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The delicious cast of characters...

Mix the sugar and cinnamon together...

 You'll slice the cheesecake into 1" pieces and freeze for an hour...

then wrap them in the crescent squares...

roll in the sugar/cinnamon mixture and place on your baking sheet...

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Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes 

and they are amazingly gorgeous like this!

Drizzle with some caramel ice cream topping 

or topping of your choice and enjoy!