FOOTBALL-SHAPED STUFFED BREADSTICKS

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Get game-day ready with these Football-Shaped Stuffed Breadsticks. Have your guests pull apart these stuffed breadsticks and dip into their favorite sauces as they watch their favorite team score a touchdown.

Provided by My Food and Family

Time 48m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

2 pkg. (8 oz. each) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened, divided
1/4 cup KRAFT Classic Ranch Dressing
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained
1 jar (7 oz.) roasted red peppers, chopped
1 cup KRAFT Shredded Pepper Jack Cheese
5 slices OSCAR MAYER Fully Cooked Thick Cut Bacon, coarsely chopped
1 can (11 oz.) refrigerated thin crust pizza dough
1 egg
1 Tbsp. water

Steps:

Heat oven to 425°F.
Reserve 4 oz. cream cheese for later use. Mix remaining cream cheese with dressing and garlic powder in medium bowl until blended. Add spinach, peppers, shredded cheese and bacon; mix well.
Unroll pizza dough onto lightly floured cutting board; press into 16x14-inch rectangle. Spread cream cheese mixture into 14x8-inch oval shape on center of dough. Fold dough over cream cheese mixture to completely enclose cream cheese mixture. Press edges of dough together to seal.
Cover dough with large sheet of parchment, then baking sheet; flip over. Gently press top of dough to even out surface of football. Starting about 2 inches from both ends of football, make 2-inch-long cuts, 1 inch apart, along both long sides of dough. Gently twist dough strips. Beat egg and water until blended; brush onto dough.
Bake 25 to 28 min. or until golden brown. Cool 5 min. Spoon reserved cream cheese into resealable plastic bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag; use to pipe cream cheese onto top of football for the laces.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 260, Fat 19 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 45 mg, Sodium 390 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 7 g