Ham Florentine Mini Cups

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (9 ounce) box frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
• 1/3 cup garlic & herb spreadable cheese
• 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1/4 cup five-cheese italian cheese blend, shredded
• 3 tablespoons romano cheese, freshly grated
• 2 tablespoons onions, finely chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt (optional)
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper (optional)
• 1 (8 ounce) can refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 24 slices smoked ham, paper thin (from two 9-oz packages)
• freshly grated parmesan cheese (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375°f in medium bowl, mix all ingredients except rolls, ham and parmesan cheese until well blended. set aside.
• 2 unroll dough; separate into 4 rectangles. firmly press perforations to seal.
• 3 cut each rectangle into 6 (2-inch) squares. press 1 square in bottom and up side of each of 24 ungreased mini muffin cups.
• 4 pat each ham slice dry with paper towel. place 1 ham slice over dough in each cup (edges of ham will be higher than side of cup.)
• 5 spoon rounded 1 teaspoon spinach mixture onto ham in center of each cup.
• 6 bake 14 to 18 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is hot. to prevent excessive browning of ham, cover lightly with foil after first 5 minutes of baking. cool in pan 1 minute. gently remove from pan; let stand 3 minutes.
• 7 sprinkle lightly with parmesan cheese before serving if desired and serve warm.