Neighborhood Recipes

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 20 min. Cook: 20 min.   

YIELD: 2 dozen.

These bite-sized spinach puffs are full of cheese and creamy goodness. —Marissa Allen, First and Full

Ingredients

• 1 package (17.3 ounces) frozen puff pastry, thawed

• 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry

• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened

• 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

• 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese

• 2 large eggs, divided use

• 2 garlic cloves, minced

• 1/2 teaspoon pepper

• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°. 

2. Unfold puff pastry; cut each sheet into 12 sections. 

3. Place in greased mini muffin cups, pressing gently onto bottoms and up sides, allowing corners to point up.

4. In a large bowl, stir together spinach, cream cheese, mozzarella, feta, 1 egg, garlic, pepper and salt. 

5. Spoon 1 tablespoon into each cup. Bring pastry corners together and pinch to seal. In a small bowl, beat remaining egg. 

6. Brush over pastry edges. 

7. Bake until puffed and golden brown, about 20 minutes.

TOTAL TIME: 20 min. Prep 10 min. Cook 10 min.  

YIELD:: 10 sticks

Cheesy Pepperoni Pizza Sticks are perfect for a quick snack or lunch on the go! 

Ingredients

• 1 Pillsbury pizza crust, tube

• 40 pepperoni slices

• 10 mozzarella cheese sticks

• 2 tbsp butter

• 1/2 tsp garlic powder

• 1/2 tsp dried parsley

• marinara sauce, for dipping (Optional)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.

2. Spread pizza dough out on a lightly greased baking sheet. Cut the dough into 10 equal size rectangles.

3. Arrange 4 pepperoni slices on each rectangle and top with a mozzarella cheese stick.

4. Roll up the pizza dough, enclosing the cheese stick, pinching the seams closed.

5. Melt the butter and add the garlic powder and dried parsley. Brush the pizza sticks with the butter.

6. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown.

7. Enjoy warm with a side of marinara sauce for dipping if desired.