{"id":5580,"date":"2026-05-30T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=5580"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:15:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:15:15","slug":"southern-3-ingredient-sausage-pinwheels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/southern-3-ingredient-sausage-pinwheels\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern 3-Ingredient Sausage Pinwheels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Southern 3-Ingredient Sausage Pinwheels<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>These easy sausage pinwheels are a classic Southern appetizer made with just three ingredients: crescent roll dough, breakfast sausage, and cream cheese. They&#8217;re perfect for breakfast, brunch, parties, game day, or a quick snack.<\/p>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 (8 oz) can refrigerated crescent roll dough<\/li>\n<li>1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>1 lb breakfast sausage (mild or hot)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat your oven to <strong>375\u00b0F (190\u00b0C)<\/strong> and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.<\/li>\n<li>In a skillet over medium heat, cook the sausage until browned and fully cooked. Drain excess grease and let it cool slightly.<\/li>\n<li>Mix the cooked sausage with the softened cream cheese until well combined.<\/li>\n<li>Unroll the crescent dough and press the seams together to form one large rectangle.<\/li>\n<li>Spread the sausage and cream cheese mixture evenly over the dough.<\/li>\n<li>Starting from the long side, roll the dough tightly into a log.<\/li>\n<li>For cleaner slices, chill the log in the refrigerator for about 20\u201330 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Slice into \u00bd-inch rounds and place them on the prepared baking sheet.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>13\u201318 minutes<\/strong>, or until the pinwheels are golden brown and puffed.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool for a few minutes before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Use spicy sausage for extra heat.<\/li>\n<li>Add shredded cheddar cheese for a richer flavor.<\/li>\n<li>These can be made ahead and refrigerated before baking.<\/li>\n<li>Leftovers reheat well in the oven or air fryer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southern 3-Ingredient Sausage Pinwheels These easy sausage pinwheels are a classic Southern appetizer made with just three ingredients: crescent roll&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5582,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5580\/revisions\/5582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}