Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread

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Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread is filled with a cheesy chicken and bacon filling. Grab yourself a branch of yummy goodness. Fun appetizer for your family Christmas party.

This Christmas pull apart bread uses my crack chicken dip recipe. If you use the full recipe, there will be extra filling that you can use for dipping or making an extra tree. I have given the measurements below for just one tree.

Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread Ingredients

To make this Christmas appetizer, you will need the following ingredients (see the recipe card below for exact amounts):

• Crescent Dough: Make sure you buy the Crescent Dough Sheet and not the Crescent Dough Rolls. The rolls are precut and fall apart easily.
• Cream cheese: I used full fat Philadelphia cream cheese, but you can use reduced fat as well.
• Sour cream
• Spicy Ranch Dip: Hidden Valley is a great choice. If you don’t like things spicy you can use regular ranch dip.
• Canned chicken: Canned chicken is moist and good, but you can substitute any cooked, shredded chicken like a Rotisserie chicken.
• Green chile: these add a delicious spice to the dish, but you can omit them if you don’t like spicy.
• Bacon: you definitely don’t want to omit this!
• Monterey Jack cheese: substitute with any cheese you like.
• Pepper Jack cheese: gives this another bit of spice, but feel free to use another kind if you want.
• Chives: these are milder than green onions. Omit if you prefer.
• Grape tomatoes: optional garnish (they look like ornaments!)

How to Make Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread

1. In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, spicy ranch mix, chicken, chile, bacon, monterey jack cheese, pepper jack cheese, and chives. Mix well.
2. Preheat oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and spray with non stick spray.
3. Unroll can of crescent roll dough onto a piece of wax paper so you have a flat rectangle. Using a pizza cutter, start at the left bottom corner and cut up to the center at the top. Repeat from the other corner. You should have a triangle in the middle and two halves on the sides.
4. Carefully remove the side halves and using the parchment lined cookie sheet, place them together to form a large triangle. Pinch the middle seam together.
5. Spread the filling all over the triangle. Carefully flip the dough from the wax paper over the other triangle. Discard the wax paper.
6. Using a pizza cutter, cut slits down the tree about one inch apart. Don’t cut all the way across so there will be a tree “trunk” to hold the pieces together.
7. Pull these pieces outwards a little and twist. You can brush with a little melted butter if you like, then place in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until tree has browned.
8. Remove from oven and sprinkle with chives. You can cut some small tomatoes to give tree a little festive look, or serve as is.

Tips for Pull Apart Bread

• Don’t overstuff the middle of the tree or everything will melt out, making it look bad. Extra filling/dip can be baked in a separate baking dish at the same time and served on the side.
• You can use whatever you wish to decorate your tree and make it look festive. I like to use grape tomatoes as red ornaments. 

How to Serve Pull Apart Bread

You can eat as is or serve with a side of ranch dressing.

Storage Instructions

Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.

Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread

Author: Emily Pecoraro

Christmas Tree Pull Apart Bread is filled with a cheesy chicken and bacon filling. Grab yourself a branch of yummy goodness. Fun appetizer for your family Christmas party.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Appetizers

Cuisine American

Servings 10

Calories 164 kcal

Equipment

• Reynolds Kitchens Parchment Paper Roll

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 8 oz refrigerated crescent dough sheet
• ▢ 4 oz cream cheese
• ▢ 1/2 cup sour cream
• ▢ 1/2 packet spicy ranch mix
• ▢ 5 oz canned white and dark chicken drained
• ▢ 2 oz canned diced green chile drained
• ▢ 3 slices bacon cooked and crumbled
• ▢ 1/2 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese
• ▢ 1/2 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
• ▢ 1 Tablespoon sliced chives plus extra for garnish
• ▢ grape tomatoes optional garnish

Instructions

 

• In a mixing bowl, combine cream cheese, sour cream, spicy ranch mix, chicken, chile, bacon, Monterey jack cheese, pepper jack cheese, and chives. Mix well.
• Preheat oven to 350°. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and spray with non stick spray.
• Unroll can of crescent roll dough onto a piece of wax paper so you have a flat rectangle. Using a pizza cutter, start at the left bottom corner and cut up to the center at the top. Repeat from the other corner. You should have a triangle in the middle and two halves on the sides.
• Carefully remove the side halves and using the parchment lined cookie sheet, place them together to form a large triangle. Pinch the middle seam together.
• Spread the filling all over the triangle. Carefully flip the dough from the wax paper over the other triangle. Discard the wax paper.
• Using a pizza cutter, cut slits down the tree about one inch apart. Don’t cut all the way across so there will be a tree "trunk" to hold the pieces together.
• Pull these pieces outwards a little and twist. (It can be a little difficult to twist near the top of the tree where it is narrower.)
• You can brush with a little melted butter if you like, then place in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, until tree has browned.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with chives. You can cut some small tomatoes to give tree a little festive look, or serve as is.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 164kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 8gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 347mgPotassium: 81mgFiber: 0.1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 359IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 112mgIron: 0.4mg

The nutrition information is calculated using online nutrition calculators and may not be accurate. It is provided as a general guide only.

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