Easy Apricot Pastries

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup apricot preserves
• 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 (8 ounce) containers refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 3/4 lb apricot (about 5 small, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch slices)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375 degrees f.
• 2 in small bowl, mix cream cheese, preserves and vanilla; set aside.
• 3 open dough canister, remove roll and gently unwind.
• 4 press two connected triangles together to form a rectangle.
• 5 spread each rectangle with 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons of the cream cheese mixture, leaving a 1-inch border around the edge.
• 6 top each with about 1/4 cup of the apricot slices.
• 7 fold one corner of the rectangle over to the middle of the filling, then fold the opposite corner over it, pressing them together to form a tight seal.
• 8 brush with egg and sprinkle with sugar.
• 9 carefully transfer to baking sheet and bake for about 12 minutes or until browned.
• 10 with a metal spatula, remove pastries to a cooling rack for 5 minutes.
• 11 serve immediately.