Cranberry Blue Cheese Appetizers
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Arlene Cummings
Updated May 6, 2021
Simple make-ahead appetizers like this one are a welcome addition to the hectic holiday season.
Cranberry Blue Cheese Appetizers
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- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 35 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 16
Ingredients
- 1 crust from 1 box (14.1 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Pie Crusts (2 Count)
- 1 container (8 oz) chive and onion cream cheese spread
- 1 egg
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese (2 oz)
- 1/3 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 425°F. Spray 16 mini muffin cups with cooking spray. Unroll pie crust onto work surface. Using 2 1/2-inch round cutter, cut 16 rounds from crust. Place 1 crust round in each muffin cup, pressing down gently to form cup.
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Step2In medium bowl, beat cream cheese spread, salt, pepper and egg with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Divide mixture evenly among muffin cups, about 1 teaspoon each. Top each evenly with blue cheese.
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Step3Bake 11 to 13 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 5 minutes; remove cups from pan. Garnish each mini cheesecake with 1/2 teaspoon cranberry sauce and 1 walnut piece.
Nutrition
120
Calories
8g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
9g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 mini cheesecake
- Calories
- 120
- Calories from Fat
- 70
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 12%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 22%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 30mg
- 10%
- Sodium
- 230mg
- 9%
- Potassium
- 35mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 9g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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