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Cranberry Blue Cheese Bites on Food Wine Sunshine

Festively Delicious Cranberry Blue Cheese Bites

These Festively Delicious Cranberry Blue Cheese Bites are easy to make and filled with flavor. Add this easy appetizer recipe to your holiday menu.
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Course: Appetizer
Prep Time: 7 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 17 minutes
Servings: 12
Author: Tracy @ havingfunsaving.com

Ingredients

  • 1 Crescent Dough Sheet
  • 1 package 1/3 less fat cream cheese
  • 1 egg
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup Salemville Amish Crumbled Blue Cheese 2 oz
  • 1/3 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
  • 1/4 cup candied chopped walnuts

Instructions

  • Heat oven to 400°F.
  • Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray and set aside.
  • Unroll dough sheet onto work surface.
  • Using 2 1/2-inch round cutter (if you don't have one, use a glass!), cut 12 rounds from crust.
  • Place 1 dough round in each muffin cup, pressing down.
  • In bowl, mix cream cheese, salt, pepper and egg with fork until well-combined. *If didn't use the whole mixture, I had 1/4 left*
  • Place about 1 teaspoon of the cream cheese mixture into each round.
  • Top each evenly with blue cheese.
  • Bake 10 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
  • Cool 5 minutes; remove cups from pan.
  • Top each appetizer with 1-2 teaspoons cranberry sauce and several candied walnut pieces.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

You will have to pick up the leftover dough pieces and flatten them to get the full 12 circles
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