Cranberry orange bites are incredibly easy to make, and not only are they a pretty appetizer or item for your holiday dessert table, but they're delicious, too.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Prepare a mini muffin tin by spraying each well with cooking spray.
In a food processor, process the cranberries until they're fully chopped up.
Add in the orange zest, orange peel, cream cheese and two tablespoons powdered sugar and process until the mixture is smooth.
Taste it and mix in more powdered sugar, a few tablespoons at a time, until the mixture reaches your desired sweetness. (It will be just a bit tart, but it shouldn't make your lips pucker.)
Roll out the sheet of crescent rolls and, with a pizza cutter, cut it into 36 to 38 squares.
Using your hands, flatten out each square just a bit before placing it into the prepared muffin tin.
Scoop about one teaspoon of the cranberry mixture into each piece of dough, and then pinch the opposite corners together to make a little bundle.
Bake for 11 to 13 minutes or until the crescent rolls are lightly browned.