I'm not sure I can recall canned biscuits or rolls being used to make cups. I've seen some premade cups (sold both fresh and frozen) that people stuff. A lot of people use phyllo dough for their cups too.

Veggie and Fruit Pizzas usually turn out well if you're wanting to use up your canned stuff.

Here is a recipe site for muffin shaped cups using an inverted pan and premade pie crust.

The Pillsbury site probably has a lot of rated recipes you could look through.. maybe you can find some more ideas there.

Here is a link that might be useful: Cups

Here are some of my tried & true recipes:

Sausage Crescent Nuggets
1 lb. well seasoned bulk sausage meat (I like Jimmy Dean brand)
1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese
1 pkg. crescent roll dough
1 egg or just the white
poppy seeds

Preheat oven to 350. In skillet, brown sausage, drain well. While sausage is still warm, add cream cheese and stir until melted and creamy. Cool.
Separate dough into two rectangles. Pinch perforations to seal the dough. Form a log of the sausage/cream cheese mixture lengthwise down the center of each rectangle of dough. Fold sides of dough over, covering the sausage log. Place on an ungreased baking sheet, seam side down. Brush with beaten egg, sprinkle with poppy seeds. Bake 20 minutes at 350 until golden brown. Cool. Slice into 1/2" slices.

These can be baked, frozen, thawed, and warmed before serving.

You can sub 2 cans drained chopped mushrooms for the sausage. Add a little dried marjoram, thyme or Italian herb seasoning.

source: somewhere on the internet

Mustardy Ham Triangles

1 can Crescent Roll dough
Dijon mustard
thin sliced deli ham
1 egg, beaten
sesame seeds

Unroll dough to make 2 rectangles. Pinch seams together. Spread both with mustard. Top one dough portion with the ham slices and then top with second rectangle of dough.

Cut into about 24 small triangles. Brush top with the beaten egg. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

Bake on an ungreased baking sheet at 375 F for 10-12 minutes. Cool on rack, but serve warm.

Here is a link to the Pillsbury web site and a search in their recipes for "appetizers." There are quite a few there that use the Crescent dough and the pizza dough.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pillsbury web site

Check these out, it's from Pioneer Woman: Mystery Rolls

Here is a link that might be useful: mystery rolls

Occasionally I make bite size ham biscuits by splitting flaky canned biscuit dough horizontally & then cutting it into 1" circles before baking. Bake, stuff, & serve. Not terribly inventive but in the South, it's an unspoken rule that every gathering MUST have ham biscuits.

And, you can make pizza cups just like the BBQ cups above but substituting pizza sauce for the ketchup, omit the brown sugar, vinegar and chili powder and use mozzarella in place of the cheddar. You could sub Italian sausage for the ground beef or not.

OK, I've got a stupid question. I'd like to try a couple of these as quick appetizers. I've never used the canned biscuits. Can I freeze the tubes of dough? Or, do they have a 50 year half-life in the fridge? I don't shop often & am thinking of keeping a few tubes of the things on hand.

Thanks.

/tricia

Funny you should ask....I'm making this appetizer for a cocktail party tomorrow:

Antipasto Squares

2 pkg. crescent rolls
1/4 lb. boiled ham
1/4 lb. provolone cheese
1/4 lb. Genoa salami
1/4 lb. Swiss cheese
1/4 lb. pepperoni
1 large jar roasted red peppers, cut and drained
3 eggs, beaten with dash of pepper
grated Parmesan
parsley (optional)

Spread 1 pkg. crescent rolls on bottom of 9 x 13 pan. Layer meat and cheese in order listed. Top with peppers. Pour most of egg mixture on top. Top with remaining pkg of crescent rolls. Brush with remaining egg mixture. Sprinkle with Parmesan and parley. Cover with foil and bake 350 for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake 10 minutes more till browned. Cut in squares. Serve warm or at room temp.

In answer to Tricia's question, I just bought the crescent rolls. Package says they're good until January.

Don't think you can freeze the tubes of biscuit dough. You could try freezing any leftover un-baked biscuits on a tray lined with plastic wrap until they are frozen solid. Then put them in a zip bag and keep frozen. You would have to let them thaw completely in the fridge before using them for your appetizers.

You might want to try this when you are NOT serving guests just to see how well this works. I have not had experience doing this, just thinking off the top of my head. Usually the canned biscuits and crescents have a pretty long expiration date to just keep them on hand in the fridge.

Teresa

I haven't made these but have eaten them at a friend's house years ago and I remember them as being very tasty. Thanks for the reminder because this thread prompted me to find the recipe she gave me.

SHRIMP CHEESE CUPS Âmakes 16

1/4 lb. peeled, cooked shrimp, finely chopped
1 8-oz. package cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup prepared cocktail sauce
1/8 tsp. dried basil
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
1/8 tsp. marjoram
1/8 tsp. oregano
1/8 tsp. thyme
1 8-oz. package refrigerated crescent rolls

In small bowl, beat cream cheese with cocktail sauce and seasonings until smooth. Stir in shrimp.

Unroll crescent dough and separate into 4 rectangles. Press perforations together. Cut each rectangle lengthwise, then crosswise, into 4 pieces. Press each piece into small muffin cups. Spoon one rounded Tbs. of cheese mixture into each muffin cup. Lap the overhanging edges of the dough over the filling to enclose it.

Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on rack for 5 minutes before removing from pan. Serve warm with additional cocktail sauce and garnish with any leftover shrimp.

teresa nc and dottie q,
those recipes sound yummy!
thank you for posting them

cream

I just got this link in the monthly email Kraft sends me:

Here is a link that might be useful: Kraft Foods