Yield: 8 - 10 small servings

Ham, Roast Pork or Turkey and Boysenberry Monte Cristo Breakfast Ring

Ham, Roast Pork or Turkey and Boysenberry Monte Cristo Breakfast Ring

Ingredients

  • 2 tubes Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (8 count each)
  • 7 slices swiss cheese, sliced into 4ths corner-to-corner
  • 1/2 lb. thin slices leftover baked ham, (can sub deli ham)
  • 1/2 lb. thin slices leftover roast pork loin or turkey, (can sub deli roast pork or roast turkey)
  • 1/2 cup boysenberry jam, (I used Dickinson's)
  • 1 egg beaten with 1 tsp. cold water
  • 2 Tbl. powdered sugar for dusting, or as much/little as you'd like
  • (smal bowl of warmed jam and/or warmed maple syrup for dipping, optional)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375º F. and line a large baking sheet with a silpat liner, sprayed foil, or parchment paper. Jam may leak out, so I highly recommend that you do this, unless you enjoy scrubbing a baking sheet until your arms fall off.
  • Unroll Pillsbury Crescent Rolls and place crescents onto lined baking sheet in a sunburst patter with the points facing outward. The wide ends overlapping slightly, leaving a 4 -5" circle in center.
  • Top dough over wide ends with half of the swiss cheese. Top with slices of ham and roast pork or turkey. Top with jam, then rest of cheese.
  • Pull each outer crescent point up and over filling and tuck point underneath other (inner) side. Brush dough with egg wash.
  • Bake in preheated 375º F oven for about 25 minutes, or until deep golden. (My oven is a little slow and took 30, but start watching it at about 22 minutes if your oven runs hot. All ovens are different). Better to over bake this a tad, than to under bake. Crispy is better than dough that is not fully cooked!
  • Let cool for about 10 minutes, dust with powdered sugar, then cut into slices. Serve warm.
  • *Can place a small bowl of warmed jam and/or maple syrup in center of ring for dipping only if desired.