Enjoy these baked olive appetizers made using Pillsbury™ refrigerated breadsticks - served with a cheesy tomato dip. Ready in just 35 minutes!
Olive-Cheese Bites
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 35 min
- Ingredients 7
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 can (11 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Original Breadsticks (12 Count)
- 48 large pimiento-stuffed green olives (from two 10-oz jars), well drained
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3 tablespoons sesame seed, if desired
- 1 cup pasteurized process cheese sauce (from a jar)
- 3 tablespoons tomato juice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. Remove dough from can; separate into 12 breadsticks. Cut each into 4 pieces; flatten each piece.
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Step2For each appetizer, place 1 olive in center of each piece of dough. Wrap dough around olive to completely cover, stretching dough to fit if necessary and pressing edges firmly to seal. Dip tops into beaten egg, then into sesame seed; place seam side down on cookie sheets.
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Step3Bake 11 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.
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Step4Meanwhile, in 1-quart saucepan, mix cheese sauce, tomato juice and ground red pepper. Cook over low heat 3 to 4 minutes, stirring constantly, until cheese sauce melts and mixture is well blended. Serve as dip with warm appetizers.
Nutrition
80
Calories
4 1/2g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
8g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 80
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 6%
- Sodium
- 430mg
- 18%
- Potassium
- 45mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 8g
- 3%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
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 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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