Sopapilla Cheesecake

This is a yummy easy dessert for the holidays.  With company parties and friends and family parties coming up this simple dessert will certainly be a hit.

Sopapilla is actually a traditional Mexican fried pastry dessert.  However, this recipe we will not be doing any type of frying at all.  Just using crescent rolls, cream cheese, egg, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla.

2 (8 oz) cans Crescent Rolls

2 (8 0z) packages of cream cheese, softened
1 egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup ground cinnamon and sugar

red or green sprinkles for a festive holiday look

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Spray a 13×9 dish with cooking spray.  Open one of the cans of crescent rolls and unroll onto the bottom of the greased pan.
• Use a hand mixer to blend the cream cheese, vanilla, egg and 1 cup of sugar.  Mix together.
• Then spread the mixture onto the rolled out crescent roll.  Mix evenly.
• Next open the second crescent roll and start unrolling it while placing on top of the mixture. After it is rolled out pinch the pieces together.
• Bake in 350 degrees for 22-24 minutes or a nice golden brown.
• Last use the 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon mix and sprinkle on top.  Also, add a colored sprinkles to make it more festive.