Garlic Parmesan Cruffins
These Garlic Parmesan Cruffins are flaky, buttery, and packed with garlic butter and parmesan cheese. Made with crescent roll dough or puff pastry and baked in a muffin tin, they’re an easy, bakery-style appetizer perfect for parties, holidays, or game day.
Servings 4 cruffins
Ingredients
- 1 can 8 oz crescent roll dough (or 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed)
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 2 –3 cloves garlic minced
- ½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning optional
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F and generously grease a standard muffin tin.
- In a small bowl, stir together the melted butter, minced garlic, parsley, salt, and Italian seasoning if using.
- Unroll the crescent dough into a rectangle and gently press seams together. If using puff pastry, roll lightly to smooth edges.
- Brush the dough evenly with the garlic butter mixture. Reserve 1 tablespoon for brushing on top of the cruffins.
- Sprinkle parmesan cheese evenly over the entire surface.
- Roll the dough tightly into a log from the long side.
- Using a sharp knife, slice the log lengthwise down the center to expose the layers.
- With the cut sides facing up, twist each strip into a loose spiral.
- Place each spiral into the prepared muffin tin.
- Brush with remaining melted garlic butter
- Bake for 17–22 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown.
- Brush with additional garlic butter if desired and garnish with extra parmesan and parsley. Serve warm.
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Notes
Puff pastry creates extra flaky, bakery-style layers, while crescent dough is quicker and softer.
For extra cheesiness, add a small sprinkle of mozzarella between the layers.
Don’t twist too tightly — looser spirals allow the layers to puff beautifully.