Surprise them with the fun Cheddar and cream cheese spread that you shape to look like an apple!
Cheddar Cheese Apples
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 20 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 2 packages (3 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onions
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon ground mustard
- 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (8 ounces)
- Paprika
- Cinnamon sticks and fresh sage leaves, if desired
- Assorted crackers, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Beat cream cheese, onion, Worcestershire sauce and mustard in large bowl until blended. Mix in Cheddar cheese. Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours or until firm enough to shape.
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Step2Divide cheese mixture in half. Shape 1 half into a ball on waxed paper. Sprinkle another piece of waxed paper with paprika. Roll cheese ball in paprika, coating thoroughly. Mold into apple shape. Repeat with remaining cheese mixture.
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Step3To garnish, make small depression in stem ends of apples. Cut 2 small pieces from cinnamon stick. Insert cinnamon stick pieces for stems. Insert sage leaves. Serve cheese balls with crackers.
Nutrition
45
Calories
4 g
Total Fat
2 g
Protein
2 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Tablespoon
- Calories
- 45
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 4 g
- Saturated Fat
- 3 g
- Cholesterol
- 15 mg
- Sodium
- 60 mg
- Potassium
- 15 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 2 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- Protein
- 2 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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