Halloween Party Cheese Olive Balls
Ingredients
Condiments
• 1 tsp Mustard, dry
• 48 Pimento stuffed manzanilla olives, small
Baking & spices
• 2 cups All purpose flour
• 1/8 tsp Cayenne pepper
Dairy
• 3/4 cup Butter
• 3 cups Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Combine the flour, mustard & cayenne in a large bowl and whisk together.
- Add the cheddar cheese and toss to coat.
- Stir in the melted butter, until the mixture becomes hard to stir.
- Use your clean hands to work the cheese mixture into a soft dough.
- Drain the olives and pat dry with a paper towel.
- Pinch off a teaspoon sized bit of dough and flatten it into a circle.
- Place the olive (stuffed side up) in the center of the circle and mold the cheese dough around it so that only a little green olive and red pimento show through.
- Transfer to a cookie sheet and refrigerate for one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 400° and bake the cheese olive balls for 15-20 minutes or until golden.
- Transfer to a serving platter and enjoy while warm.
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