Pastrami Braids

Total Time: 36 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 16 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
• 4 teaspoons dijon mustard
• 4 ounces pastrami, thinly sliced, cut into 1/2 inch strips
• 1 cup swiss cheese, shredded
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 teaspoon poppy seed

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375.
• 2 unroll dough and separate into 4 rectangles.
• 3 place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• 4 press into 6x4 inch rectangle, firmly pressing perforations to seal.
• 5 spread mustard lengthwise down center of each rectangle in 1 1/2 inch strip.
• 6 top each with pastrami and cheese.
• 7 on long sides of each rectangle, make 7 cuts at an angle and about 3/4 inch apart almost to edge of filling.
• 8 for braided appearance, fold strips of dough at an angle halfway across filling with ends of strips slightly overlapping, alternating from side to side.
• 9 brush tops with egg.
• 10 sprinkle with poppy seeds.
• 11 bake 11-16 minutes.
• 12 immediately remove from cookie sheet.
• 13 serve warm.