Taking only one just isn't an option

We are extremely lucky to live in our neighborhood. Not only are our neighbors lovely, friendly people, but there is a regular opportunity to get together with them, with our local 'First Friday'. The first Friday of each month, one local household volunteers to host an early evening get together (which often becomes a late evening get together) inside or out, with the only requirement being that every family joining in the fun brings an appetizer to share and a nice bottle of wine to grace the drinks table for as long as it lasts (not long!).

The dish above is what I opted to take last time, for a number of reasons. Firstly, first Friday kind of crept up on me, so I needed something quick and easy to rustle up fast, and secondly, I was hosting, so I could whip these straight out of the oven when the timer beeped and serve them fresh and hot (they are undoubtedly less delicious if they have to sit around). I've messed with this recipe a few times over the years, changing the filling, and it is invariably delicious, but I do keep going back to the original. I realize that crescent dough is not available everywhere, and for that, the rest of the world has my sincere sympathies, but you could easily substitute puff pastry cut into 2" squares.

Mini Ham Puffs
From Pampered Chef's All the Best
Makes 24

oil spray
3 oz finely chopped ham
2 TBSP finely chopped onion
1/2 cup Swiss cheese, shredded/grated
1 egg
1 TBSP snipped fresh parsley
1 1/2 tsp Dijon mustard
1/8 tsp ground black pepper
1 package (8 oz) refrigerated crescent rolls (or puff pastry, see above)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Lightly spray a 24 cup mini muffin pan with oil spray.
3. Mix together ham, onion, cheese, egg, parsley, mustard and black pepper in a small bowl.
4. Unroll crescent dough on to a lightly floured surface and press over perforations to make one large rectangle. Using a pizza cutter, cut dough into 24 squares.
5. Press one square of dough into each cup in the sprayed muffin pan.
6. Place an equal amount of the filling into each cup (approximately 1 tsp in each).
7. Bake in oven for 12-14 minutes or until puffs are light golden brown.
8. Remove from pan and serve immediately.