Appetizers
French Dip Pinwheels
French Dip Pinwheels- crescent roll dough is wrapped around roast beef, Provolone cheese and caramelized onions and baked until golden
- Serves 18
- Prep 10 minutes
- Cook 20 minutes
This finger food makes an easy appetizer or gameday snack. Crescent roll dough and deli-sliced roast beef make this recipe a breeze to prepare. An easy Au Jus is made while the pinwheels bake. It’s a combination of garlic, beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, and a beef bouillon cube.
French Dip Pinwheel Recipe Tips
I use an 8-count crescent roll dough and a 4-count crescent roll dough. It makes just the right amount of pinwheels to fit in a 9×13-inch baking dish. If you wish, you can decrease the amount of filling and just use an 8-count can. Or you can increase the amount of roast beef, cheese, and onions and use 2 8-count cans.
Swiss cheese or American cheese can be used instead of Provolone.
A little bit of thyme adds flavor to these pinwheels You can use either fresh or dried. Basil or rosemary can be used as a substitute.
Check the Au Jus before serving and add salt and pepper to taste.
To add a little heat to these pinwheels, add 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes to the onion mixture.
Puff pastry can be used instead of crescent roll dough.
More Amazing Pinwheel Recipes
- BBQ Chicken Crescent Pinwheels– like a BBQ Chicken Pizza wrapped up in crescent roll dough.
- Reuben Pinwheels– the classic sandwich turned into an easy appetizer.
- Pull-Apart Supreme Pizza Pinwheels
- Ranch Chicken Roll-Ups
Recipe
French Dip Pinwheels
French Dip Pinwheels- crescent roll dough is wrapped around roast beef, Provolone cheese and caramelized onions and baked until golden. Served with Au Jus to dip them in for extra flavor.
- Serves 18
- Prep 10 minutes
- Cook 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 medium sweet onions, (sliced)
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme, (or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme)
- salt and pepper
- 1 (8-ounce) can crescent roll dough
- 1 (4-ounce) can crescent roll dough
- 6 slices Provolone cheese
- 1/2 pound thin sliced deli roast beef
Au Jus
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 garlic clove, (minced)
- 1 1/2 cups low-sodium beef broth
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 beef bouillon cube, (crumbled)
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh thyme, (or 1/4 teaspoon dried)
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- 2
Melt butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook for 5 minutes to soften. If onions start to get too brown, turn heat down.
- 3
Add thyme and salt and pepper and continue to cook for 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
- 4
Unroll the 8-count tube of crescent roll dough. Separate into 4 rectangles and place them side by side so they are touching. Press to seal the preforations.
- 5
Top with 4 slices of cheese, then the roast beef and onions. Roll up starting at a long end.
- 6
Cut along the seams of the 4 rectangles so that you have 4 pieces. Cut each of those 4 pieces into thirds. You will have 12 slices.
- 7
Place in the baking dish.
- 8
Do the same thing for the 4-count. You will have 2 rectangles. Cut them each into thirds for a total of 6.
- 9
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until no longer doughy.
- 10
While pinwheels bake, make the Au Jus. Melt butter in a small saucepan and add garlic. Cook for 1 minute and then add beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, beef bouillon, and thyme. Simmer for 10 minutes and then add salt and pepper to taste.
- 11
Serve pinwheels with Au Jus.
Notes
If you want to add some heat to this recipe, add 1/2 teapsoon of crushed red pepper flakes to the onions.
Nutrition
- Calories134 kcal
