Name: Havarti Cranberry Turkey Sliders
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 1 - 12 count packages of Hawaiian rolls (dinner rolls will work if you can’t find Hawaiian rolls); 12 ounces sliced deli turkey (or thinly sliced leftover turkey); 8 ounces sliced Havarti cheese; 1/2 cup of cranberry sauce (see the notes below); 1/2 cup melted butter; 1 tsp poppy seeds; 1 tsp sesame seeds; 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard; 1 tsp onion powder; 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce; 2 tsp brown sugar

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These Havarti Cranberry Turkey Sliders are an amazing lunch or game-day munch! These little sandwiches are filled with wonderful fresh ingredients like Havarti cheese, tart cranberry sauce, and turkey and are then brushed with an amazing poppy seed butter sauce. They bake up to melty cheesy perfection!

Serve these up with some wonderful appetizers like Ham and Cheese Crescent Rolls with Asparagus, Homemade Boursin Cheese, Crab Rangoon Dip, or Brown Sugar Bacon Wrapped Smokies.

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3 Quart Non-Stick Saucepan

Serving up a turkey slider on a spatula.

Amazingly cheesy sweet/tart turkey bites! The butter sauce adds richness and so much more flavor with the perfect seasoning also.

What is a Turkey Slider?

Havarti Cranberry Turkey Sliders in a blue casserole dish

A turkey slider is a little sandwich and in this case, also filled with a double layer of melty Havarti cheese and cranberry sauce.

Hawaiian Roll Turkey Sliders of this type are made together in one pan and then brushed with a butter sauce and baked. They are then pulled apart to eat and enjoy!

One could make leftover turkey sliders with thinly sliced turkey also instead of deli-sliced turkey. When you have leftover turkey you usually have leftover cranberry sauce too. A whole new meal is invented with leftovers that are sometimes just as good or better than the initial main meal.

Have leftover ham? That would be amazing with the cranberry sauce also!! Mmm, ham and cheese sliders!!

How to Make Turkey Sliders

Simple, fresh ingredients that are easily found in any grocery store make up these super easy turkey sliders.

Ingredients

Sandwiches

Hawaiian rolls (dinner rolls will work if you can’t find Hawaiian rolls)

Deli turkey or leftover sliced turkey, turkey breast or thighs

Sliced Havarti cheese

Cranberry sauce (see recipe)

Butter sauce

Butter

Poppy seeds

Sesame seeds

Dijon mustard

Onion powder

Worcestershire sauce

Brown sugar

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

Cut the slab of buns in half horizontally, so you have the tops and the bottoms in two pieces.

Lightly grease a 9 x 13 baking dish and place the bottom halves of the buns into the pan.

Spread 1/2 the cheese on the bottom buns, then layer on all the turkey to cover the cheese.

Spread the cranberries over the turkey so that they are evenly distributed. Cover with the remaining cheese slices.

Top with the other half of the buns.

In a small bowl, combine the butter ingredients starting with melting the butter in the microwave. Then stir in the poppy seeds, sesame seeds, Dijon mustard, onion powder, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar.

Using a pastry brush, brush the tops and sides of the buns with the butter mixture.

How Do You Heat Sliders?

Cover the dish with foil and bake for 15-20 minutes until heated through and the cheese is melted.

Overhead shot of turkey sliders in a blue casserole dish.

Remove the foil and bake for an additional 5-7 minutes to crisp up the tops of the buns.

At the very outside, it will take a total of 30 minutes to get the buns melty with cheese and crisped on the outside.

Allow to cool slightly before serving.

What Cheese Goes with Turkey?

Horizontal shot of sliders on a cutting board.

Mmmm, turkey, and cheese go great together. Want to change the sandwich up a bit and add a different cheese? Here is a list of some great cheeses that I think go great with turkey.

For the sliders, you want cheese that melts easily and quickly so I am keeping that in mind also when selecting the cheese for these sandwiches.

Mozzarella, fresh mozzarella would be good too.
Swiss Cheese
Cheddar Cheese
Brie
Monterey Jack
Gouda
Marble
Fontina
Muenster
Provolone

Can You Serve Sliders Cold?

A plateful of turkey sliders with cranberry sauce with the top slider having a bite taken.

Sure, you can serve sliders cold. I would omit the butter sauce as it would just make the sliders soggy then. Add in other condiments instead, like Dijon mustard and mayo.

You could still make a large sandwich but slicing Hawaiian or dinner rolls in half and loading them with turkey, cheese, cranberry sauce, and more. That would feed your family fast and easy for any lunch or game day treat too.

Havarti Cranberry Turkey Sliders

Tara Noland

Gooey double-layered Havarti with tart cranberries and turkey are sandwiched in Hawaiian rolls and baked up with a butter sauce to make an irresistible treat.

4.49 from 99 votes

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Course Sandwiches

Cuisine American

Servings servings

Calories 203 kcal

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Ingredients

Sandwiches

1 – 12 count packages of Hawaiian rolls dinner rolls will work if you can’t find Hawaiian rolls
12 ounces sliced deli turkey or thinly sliced leftover turkey
8 ounces sliced Havarti cheese
1/2 cup of cranberry sauce see the notes below

Butter sauce

1/2 cup melted butter
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 tsp sesame seeds
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1 tsp onion powder
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp brown sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cut the slab of buns in half horizontally, so you have the tops and the bottoms in two pieces.
3. Lightly grease a 9 x 13 baking dish and place the bottom buns into the pan.
4. Spread 1/2 the cheese on the bottom buns, then layer on all the turkey to cover the cheese.
5. Spread the cranberries over the turkey so that they are evenly distributed.
6. Cover with the remaining cheese slices and top with the other half of the buns.
7. In a small bowl, melt the butter in the microwave and stir in the poppy seeds, sesame seeds, Dijon mustard, onion powder, Worcestershire sauce, and brown sugar.
8. Using a pastry brush, brush the tops and sides of the buns with the butter mixture.
9. Cover the dish with foil and bake for 15-20 minutes until heated through and the cheese is melted.
10. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 5-7 minutes to crisp up the tops of the buns.
11. Allow to cool slightly before serving.