Cheesy Thumbprint Appetizers with Hot Pepper Jelly

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Description

Beautiful and delicious, these savory but sweet little appetizer ‘cookies’ are easy to make and sure to be a huge hit at your next party!

Ingredients

  • 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoons chilled butter, chopped
  • ½ cup hot pepper jelly

Instructions

  1. Blend Cheddar cheese
  2. flour
  3. and butter in a food processor until dough is a coarse-meal texture and forms into a ball. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  4. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
  5. Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on a baking sheet.
  6. Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven; press thumb into top of each ball
  7. creating an indentation. Spoon about 1 teaspoon pepper jelly into indentation. Bake until edges are golden brown
  8. about 5 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 55 mins

Servings: 20

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