Holiday leftovers wreath

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Two cans of crescent rolls arranged in a ring around a bowl, filled with mash, stuffing, turkey and cranberry, folded over and baked. The gravy goes in the middle for dunking. Put it out Friday afternoon and watch it disappear.

From Beth Moncel at Budget Bytes · @budgetbytes

Crescent dough arranged in a ring and filled with mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey, mozzarella and cranberry, baked golden with a bowl of hot gravy in the middle.

You need

• 2 cans (8 oz each) crescent rolls
• 1 cup leftover mashed potatoes
• 1 cup leftover stuffing
• 1 1/2 cups leftover turkey, chopped
• 1 cup grated mozzarella
• 1/4 cup leftover cranberry sauce
• 1 egg, whisked
• 1 cup leftover gravy

How to make it

1. Heat the oven to 375°F with a large baking sheet or pizza stone inside, so the bottom of the wreath crisps.
2. Lay parchment on a board and set a 5-inch bowl in the middle. Unroll the crescent triangles and arrange them around the bowl with the wide ends overlapping at the center and the points out, like a sunburst. Take the bowl away and press the overlapping dough flat.
3. Spoon the mashed potatoes in a ring over the wide part of the dough, then the stuffing, then the turkey. Scatter the mozzarella over and dot with cranberry sauce.
4. Fold each point up over the filling and tuck it under the inner edge, all the way round, until the ring is closed.
5. Brush the dough all over with the egg.
6. Slide the parchment onto the hot sheet and bake until deep golden, about 20 minutes. Rest 5 minutes.
7. Heat the gravy, pour it into the small bowl and set it in the middle of the wreath for dunking.

Written in our own words from Beth Moncel's recipe, with their quantities. The original: Holiday leftovers wreath, Budget Bytes.

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