Prosciutto and Fontina Pinwheels

Another great recipe thanks to A Taste of Home Cookings recipe swap! My husband and I actually don’t care for deli ham so when I first got this recipe I was a little worried. Then I realized that prosciutto is ham and I like prosciutto. I love the combination of prosciutto and fontina cheese so that is what I used to make these pinwheels. If you like ham and swiss cheese you could definitely do that as well. That is what is so great about a recipe like this, this is more so teaching you a method, experiment however you want! Turkey and cheddar would be good too. A big thanks to mecookingcreations for a GREAT appetizer recipe.
I had totally planned on taking a few of these to a friend, but they were so good that we ate them all! That’s the sign of a good recipe!
Enjoy!

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10-15 minutes

Prosciutto and Fontina Pinwheels
(slightly adapted from mecookingcreations)

Ingredients you’ll need: You can adjust this to however many you need. The amount below made 12-14.

1 can crescent rolls
1/4 lb thinly sliced prosciutto
1/4 lb thinly sliced fontina cheese

Making the Pinwheels

•Open a can of crescent roll dough – you will most likely have 2 rolls once you open them (mine always split down the center, but this is perfect). Roll out each roll – each one will be a rectangle; keep the long side near you and pinch the seams closed.
•Sprinkle them with a touch of dried thyme
•Layer fontina cheese across the crescent dough,then top with a thin layer of prosciutto. Roll towards you (you want the roll to be long and skinny, not short and fat) and pinch closed gently.
•At this point you can wrap each long roll in plastic until you are ready to bake and serve them – that’s one of the things I love about these.
•When you are ready to bake them, preheat your oven to 350 degrees (I liked baking them at 350 instead of the 375 I did last time). Slice each roll into 1 inch pieces and place on parchment paper on a cookie sheet with one of the cut sides facing up. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until golden brown.
* My oven is wonky but it took my pinwheels about 12 minutes in the oven to get a nice golden color

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