Crescent Roll Cornucopias {A Thanksgiving Snack for Kids}
A fun appetizer or healthy snack for the kids on Thanksgiving
Course: Snack
Cuisine: American
Yield: 8
Calories: 1cal
Author: Melissa Haines
Equipment
foil
Materials
18 oz. Crescent Roll Sheet A Roll of Seamless Dough (if you can't find this, just grab some original refrigerated crescent dough)
Foil
Vegetablessuch as carrot sticks, celery sticks, cherry tomatoes, broccoli florets, cauliflower florets, colored peppers, etc.
Cheese brickssuch as cheddar, Colby-jack, etc.
116 oz.Sour Cream
1oz.Ranch Dry Mix Packet
Instructions
Unroll the dough, and along the long side of the rectangle, slice it into about 1/2 inch long strips
*If you are using regular crescent dough, you should prep it now. Unroll, and seal the seams so it becomes 1 big sheet of dough, before slicing it into strips
Shape foil into a cone shape cornucopia (about 4 inches long, about 1/2 inch wide at the point, and 2 inches wide at the top)
Here's how you can do that: Cut a square of foil, and start by pushing your fingers into the center of the square, fold the foil up and around your hand.
Continue to shape it until you get your desired size. This will be your foil mold. Make one for each person
Starting at the bottom of your foil cone shape, start wrapping a strip of crescent dough around the foil overlapping each time by a little bit, and pressing to seal where needed
Pull the tip up a little for a curved shape
Bake according to the package directions, or until the dough is turning nice and golden in color - about 10 minutes
Let cool
Pulling foil out of baked cornucopia
Now...here's a trick I learned to get the foil out - squeeze the foil together so it's a little smaller at the top, and while holding onto the crescent roll, gently twist the foil back and forth until it loosens from the sides and pulls it out
You can store the crescent rolls in an air-tight container for a couple of days before filling them
Filling the Cornucopia
Prep cheese by cutting it into thin strips
when you are ready, you can use miniature cookie cutters - (fall shapes), to cut cheese, peppers, and anything else you think might work
You can also cut vegetables into strips for dipping so you have a mixture
Dry any vegetables that are a little moist on a paper towel so they don't make your bread cornucopia soggy
Fill your cornucopia with prepared vegetables
Mix the sour cream and ranch packet in a small bowl
Serve the cornucopias your ranch dressing or your favorite vegetable dip