SPINACH PUFF PINWHEELS
INGREDIENTS:
-- 2 (8 ounce) packages refrigerated crescent rolls
-- 1 (7 ounce) package garlic herb cheese spread (or any other flavor you prefer!)
-- 1(10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. Split crescent dough in half along center perforation. Flatten one rectangle, sealing perforations, Spread with ¼ of the cheese spread and sprinkle with spinach.
3. Starting with long side, roll dough up, rolling back and forth several times to seal edges. Cut into ¾ inch slices (about 15 slices per roll). Arrange the slices one inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Continue making the crescent roll ups until all of the ingredients are used.
4. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until lightly browned. Serve immediately or keep warm on a warming tray.PICKLE ROLL-UPS
INGREDIENTS:
-- Eight corned beef slices
-- 4 oz cream cheese
-- 4 medium-sized dill pickles
DIRECTIONS:
1.Lay four stacks of two corned beef slices on a cutting board or cutting mat. Top each with a 1 oz layer of cream cheese and a medium-sized dill pickle.
2. Roll the corned beef slices around the pickles. The cream cheese will act as the delicious glue that holds everything together
3. Cut each pickle roll into four equal slices and serve on a plateOREO CREAM CHEESE COOKIES
INGREDIENTS:
-- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
-- 6 oz cream cheese, room temperature
-- 2 cups granulated sugar
-- 2 tsp vanilla
-- 2 cups all purpose flour
-- 1 cup mini dark chocolate chips
-- 2 cups Oreo crumbles
DIRECTIONS:
1. pre heat oven to 375’, line a cookie sheet with parchment paper (because a greased sheet causes cookies to spread too much)
2. In a bowl, use mixer on medium speed…cream together butter and cream cheeseuntil thoroughly combined
3. add sugar and vanilla, mix well
4. add flour one cup at a time and mix on low just until combined,… Stir in chocolate chips with a rubber spatula
5. Pour Oreo crumbles into a bowl, Scoop dough out and roll into 1.5 in balls, then roll in cookie crumbes thoroughly. Be sure to cover the dough balls well in crumbs as this holds cookie together while baking.
6. Space cookies about 2 in apart on sheet. Bake on center rack, about 13-14 minutes and allow to cool on sheet a few minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completelyCINNAMON SUGAR PRETZELS
INGREDIENTS:
-- 1 (16 oz) bag pretzel twists
-- ⅔ cup vegetable oil
-- ½ cup sugar
-- 2 tsp cinnamon
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Pour pretzels into a roasting pan. In a medium sized bolw,mix together vegetable oil, cinnamon and sugar. Pour over pretzels and stir to coat. Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes,removing twice to stir.GRAPE POPPERZ
INGREDIENTS:
-- 48 fresh large grapes (OR..with cherries, strawberries…any type of fruit you make into a ball)
-- Vanilla Greek yogurt(or other desired yogurt flavor)
-- 1 cup chopped pecans (may substitute with any nuts)
-- toothpicks
DIRECTIONS:
1. Wash grapes and pat completely dry. spear each grape with a toothpick.
2. Holding the end of toothpick, dip each grape in the vanilla Greek yogurt, allowing excess coating to drip off.
3. Immediately dip the end of the coated grape into the chopped pecans…place on wax paper to dryCREAM CHEESE PENGUINS
INGREDIENTS:
-- 18 jumbo black olives, pitted
-- 18 small black olives
-- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
-- 1 long carrot
-- 1 small diameter salami OR pepperoni roll (approx size diameter of carrot) DIRECTIONS:
1. Cut a wedge from top to bottom, lengthwise, into the side of each jumbo olive. Carefully insert about 1 teaspoon of cream cheese into each olive. Slice the carrot into eighteen 1/4 inch thick rounds; cut a small notch out of each carrot slice to form feet. Cut a notch out of pepperoni slice to match carrot. Save the cut out carrot piece and press into center of small olive to form the beak. Cut a small slit into each olive before inserting the beak. Can insert ‘beak’ vertical or horizontal
2. Set a big olive, large hole side down, onto a pepperoni/carrot slice. Then, set a small olive onto the large olive, adjusting so that the beak, cream cheese chest and notch in the pepperoni/carrot slice line up. Secure with a toothpick.
3. Cut roasted per pepper into narrow slices for wrap around scarfs
Hint: place ‘penguins’ randomly around cheese/veggie trays…will be talk of gathering
