Festive Sausage Cups Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Add sausage to a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir with a spatula, breaking apart the sausage until cooked, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and let cool.
• Combine regular and vegetable cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, bell pepper, green onion, and cooled, crumbled sausage in a bowl. Mix well and set aside.
• Unroll 1 crescent dough sheet and press into a 9x12-inch rectangle. Cut 6 rows across and 4 rows vertically to yield 24 squares. Repeat with the second package of dough.
• Place 1 square in each cup of two nonstick 24-cup mini muffin tins, pressing it into the bottom and up the sides.
• Drop 1 heaping teaspoon of sausage filling into each cup. Filling should be up to the top of the cup, but you do not need to press it down.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the dough is golden brown, 11 to 13 minutes.
• Cool for 5 minutes in the tins before removing to a platter.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Crumble sausage in medium sized skillet. Cook over medium heat until lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Drain. Spray mini muffin tins and insert wonton wrappers to form a small cup. Bake 5 minutes in preheated oven. Allow wrappers to cool. Mix sauasage, cheeses, and ranch together. Fill wonton wrappers. Bake 10 minutes until bubbly.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomato sauce, garlic powder and basil. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until thickened, 8-10 minutes., Meanwhile, press wonton wrappers into miniature muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° until lightly browned, 8-9 minutes. , Spoon sausage mixture into cups. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake until cheese is melted, 5-7 minutes longer. Serve warm. Freeze option: Cool appetizers; freeze them in freezer containers, separating layers with waxed paper. To use, reheat wonton cups in coated muffin pans in a preheated 350° oven until crisp and heated through.

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 375.
• Brown sausage and drain well on paper towels.
• Return sausage to skillet and stir in cream cheese until melted.
• Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• Stir in ranch dressing and sharp cheddar cheese.
• Fill scoops with sausage-cheese mixture. Arrange the filled scoops on a cookie sheet or baking pan. For less greasy cups, bake on a wire rack set on top of the cookie sheet.
• Bake 8 to 12 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbly.