These baked cheese balls have a pleasing dose of cumin-and-hot pepper flavor.
Hot Pepper Cheese Bites
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 35 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 9
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese (2 oz)
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened, cut up
- 1 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper sauce, as desired
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 400°F. Line large cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
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Step2In medium bowl, beat all ingredients except parsley on medium speed until smooth. Stir in parsley. On lightly floured surface, knead dough 10 to 12 times; shape into ball.
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Step3Roll into 24 balls, using about 2 teaspoons dough per ball; place on cookie sheet 1 1/2 inches apart.
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Step4Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown and set. Serve warm.
Nutrition
90
Calories
6g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
4g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Appetizer
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 10%
- Saturated Fat
- 4g
- 21%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 20mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 115mg
- 5%
- Potassium
- 15mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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