A pull-apart Christmas tree is a delicious way to decorate your holiday table. Put this one on your nice list because it's made easy with Pillsbury™ biscuits and loaded with cheddar, mozzarella and Colby-Monterey Jack cheeses. Christmas tree cheese bread is a warm, garlicky side dish you'll love to gift and enjoy.
Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Christmas Tree
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 60 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 6 string cheese mozzarella cheese sticks (0.75 oz each)
- 5 extra-sharp cheddar cheese sticks (0.75 oz each)
- 5 Colby-Monterey Jack cheese sticks (0.75 oz each)
- 2 cans (16.3 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Grands!™ Southern Homestyle Buttermilk Biscuits (8 Count)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives or Italian (flat-leaf) parsley
- 1 can (15 oz) Muir Glen™ organic pizza sauce
Make With
Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line 18x14-inch cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
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Step2Cut each cheese stick into 4 pieces to make 64 pieces. Separate each can of dough into 8 biscuits. Separate each biscuit into 2 layers for a total of 32 biscuit rounds. Flatten each biscuit round into 4-inch circle.
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Step3Place 2 pieces of the same type of cheese on center of each round. Fold edges up and over cheese; pinch firmly to seal. Using photo as a guide, place biscuits randomly by assorted cheeses, seam sides down and next to each other in a tree-shaped pattern on cookie sheet, starting with trunk and working up to the top.
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Step4In small microwavable bowl, microwave butter uncovered on High 30 to 60 seconds or until melted. Stir in garlic powder and Italian seasoning. Brush mixture on tops of biscuits. Bake 29 to 33 minutes or until golden brown and biscuits are no longer doughy in center.
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Step5Top with chives. In small microwavable bowl, microwave pizza sauce covered on High 60 to 90 seconds, stirring halfway through, until warmed through. Serve cheese-stuffed biscuits with pizza sauce.
Nutrition
290
Calories
15g
Total Fat
8g
Protein
29g
Total Carbohydrate
6g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 290
- Calories from Fat
- 140
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 23%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 44%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 7%
- Sodium
- 730mg
- 30%
- Potassium
- 30mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 29g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 4%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 8g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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