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Apricot-Chipotle-Cream Cheese Star

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By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Dec 17, 2009
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Dress up cream cheese with chipotle chiles and apricot preserves in an impressive appetizer that goes from start to finish in just 15 minutes.

Apricot-Chipotle-Cream Cheese Star

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 15 min
  • Servings 16
  • Ingredients 9
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Ingredients

  • 12 oz cream cheese (from two 8-oz packages), softened
  • 1 cup shredded sharp white Cheddar cheese (4 oz)
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard
  • 1/2 cup chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup apricot preserves
  • 2 teaspoons finely chopped gingerroot
  • 2 teaspoons chopped chipotle chiles in adobo sauce (from 7-oz can)
  • 48 crackers

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    In food processor, place cream cheese, Cheddar cheese, onion powder and mustard. Cover; process, scraping side of bowl if necessary, until well mixed. Add pecans. Cover; process with on-and-off pulses 2 or 3 times until mixed.
  • Step 
    2
    Using parchment paper, cut out a star shape 7 inches in diameter. Spoon the cheese spread evenly onto the shape, using a table knife to shape the star. Turn onto a serving plate; remove the parchment paper.
  • Step 
    3
    In small bowl, mix preserves, gingerroot and chiles. Spoon over cheese star. Serve with crackers.

Nutrition

200 Calories
15g Total Fat
4g Protein
14g Total Carbohydrate
6g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
200
Calories from Fat
130
Total Fat
15g
22%
Saturated Fat
7g
34%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
30mg
10%
Sodium
190mg
8%
Potassium
65mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
14g
5%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
6g
Protein
4g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
8%
8%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
6%
6%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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