Pinterest and Sopapilla Cheesecake!

Have you discovered Pinterest?  It's so much fun.  You create "boards" of stuff you love basically, and you can look at other people's boards and repin stuff to yours that you love from theirs.You can request an invitation and then you're off and running. 

So while looking at other people's boards I discovered Sopapilla Cheesecake over at My Yellow Umbrella.  Ms Em and I had to make it.  I let Ms Em make the entire thing last night after dinner.  It was delicious!!  Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture.

We did change up the recipe just a smidge. 

Sopapilla Cheesecake

2 cans crescent rolls
2 (8oz) packages cream cheese (softened)
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla 

2 tbs butter (melted)
Cinnamon & sugar - I used 1/3 cup and sugar and 1 tbs of cinnamon.

Instructions:
Unrolled and spread 1 & 1/2 can crescent rolls on bottom of un-greased pan. Combine softened cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla. Spread mixture over crescent rolls. Unroll and spread remaining crescent rolls over mixture. Spread melted butter over the top and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

And after we made it, I thought if it's a sopapilla cheesecake, then it needs honey too, so after it's sliced and on the plate, we add some honey to top it off. 

Apricot Cream Cheese Crescents

While I was working and pregnant, there was a time I rarely cooked at home. Now I am so proud of myself, lol, I cook every night during the week and most of the weekend.

I love apricots and I was trying to think up something that would be like my rustic tart, but less messy and more bite size, so I whipped these up. My family devoured them and wanted more, lol.

Apricot Cream Cheese Crescents

1 can of crescent rolls
1 can of apricots in lite syrup
4 oz of cream cheese - softened
3 tbs of sugar

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix 2 tbs of sugar with cream cheese. Drain apricot syrup into bowl and mix with 1 tbs of sugar. Roll out crescents. Spread a spoonful of cream cheese mixture to each crescent roll. Place one apricot in center of each roll, then roll up. Pinch edges closed around cream cheese. Brush the syrup on the top of each roll. Bake 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Let cool several minutes.