Christmas Tree Pull-Apart
Christmas is almost here, and I’ve got one more treat that I just had to share. This adorable Christmas tree is a quick and easy appetizer that everyone will love and takes just minutes to make. I used Pillsbury pizza crust, cut in equal squares to make the bread. For my tree, I used the Pillsbury’s artisan crust to make it a little more healthy. But you can also just use the regular pizza dough, or even homemade pizza dough.
I also stuffed the little dough balls with cheese before forming the dough into the shape of a Christmas tree. My son was a big help with this tree too. After I spooned the cheese filling onto each piece of dough, he helped me form the balls and arrange the dough on the cookie sheet. After baking it, I brushed my tree with melted butter and minced garlic and then sprinkled it with freshly chopped basil and rosemary. It was so easy!
Christmas Tree Pull-Apart
Ingredients:
1 can (13.8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated artisan pizza crust with whole grain or Pillsbury® refrigerated regular pizza crust
4 oz, or half brick, cream cheese
1 cup shredded mozzarella or Italian blend shredded cheese
2 tablespoons butter
1 clove garlic, minced very fine
3 tablespoons freshly chopped basil and rosemary
1 cup warmed marinara sauce for dippingDirections:
Heat oven to 400°. Lay pizza dough on a work surface and stretch to a 10 x 15 inch size. Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into 36 equal squares. In a small bow, combine cream cheese and shredded cheese. Mix well.
Add one tablespoon of the cheese mixture to each dough square. Make a ball with the dough, sealing the edges. Place on a cookie sheet in a Christmas tree form as shown in the photos above. Bake for 15 - 17 minutes, or until golden brown.
After removing pull-apart from the oven, brush with butter and sprinkle with chopped herbs. Serve pull apart with marinara sauce.
This post sponsored by Pillsbury. All opinions 100% mine.
OMG I love this, Angie!! Just genius! Merry Christmas to you!!
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What a great idea! I love this and would love to do this for our family dinner. Thanks for the inspiration and happy holidays to you!
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So, I have to bring bread tonight to a Christmas dinner. I just added this to my shopping list. Love it!
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This is adorable, Angie! What a fun treat for the holidays!
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I wonder if any pizza dough would work? I live in Toronto’s Corso Italia neighbourhood so all the local bakeries also sell balls of raw dough for like $1.50. What was the cheese filling you did? I’m going to make this for my inlaws Christmas – it looks so pretty!
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Angie replied: — December 23rd, 2012 @ 1:02 pm
I think so. Recipe is added above. Thanks!
Angie
What a beautiful beautiful treat! Want to eat them all!
What a clever idea! I will have to make this for our Christmas dinner.
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What a great idea! How did you make the cheese filling? And did you roll the balls after you stuffed the rectangles with the filling?
Angie replied: — December 23rd, 2012 @ 1:01 pm
Just updated, recipe is added, sorry about that!
This is inspired! So simple yet so clever. I love recipes like this – great work!
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What is black cream cheese? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that.
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This is such an adorable idea.. Love it!!!! Merry Christmas hun!
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