Turn mashed potatoes into a potluck appetizer recipe by baking them into cheesy mounds.
Cheese-Filled Potato Bites
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 55 min
- Servings 24
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
Potatoes
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cups plain mashed potato mix (dry)
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
Filling
- 24 cubes (about 2 3/4 oz.) VELVEETA™ Original Cheese (from 8 oz. box)
Coating
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 cup plain mashed potato mix (dry)
- Butter-flavor nonstick cooking spray
Instructions
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Step1In medium saucepan, bring 1 cup water, butter and salt to a boil. Add 1 1/3 cups mashed potato mix, 1 egg and chives; mix well. Let stand 30 seconds. Stir. Cool 10 minutes.
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Step2Meanwhile, heat oven to 400°F. Spoon mashed potatoes into 24 mounds, about 1 tablespoon each, onto ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten into disks. Place 1 cheese cube in center of each potato disk. With pancake turner, remove each disk from cookie sheet; pinch potatoes around cheese cube to form ball.
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Step3In small bowl, beat 1 egg and 1 tablespoon water until well blended. Place 1 cup mashed potato mix in another shallow dish or bowl. Roll balls in potato mix, then in egg mixture and again in potato mix. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
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Step4Just before baking, spray coated potato balls with nonstick cooking spray. Bake at 400°F. for 10 to 12 minutes or until potato coating just begins to brown. Serve immediately.
Nutrition
50
Calories
3g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
4g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Appetizer
- Calories
- 50
- Calories from Fat
- 25
- Total Fat
- 3g
- 5%
- Saturated Fat
- 1g
- 5%
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 110mg
- 5%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 4g
- 1%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1 Fat;Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens
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