Cheesy Thumbprint Appetizers with Hot Pepper Jelly

A delightful appetizer featuring cheesy dough balls filled with hot pepper jelly, perfect for parties.

Ingredients

  • Cheddar cheese (2 cups)
  • all-purpose flour (1 cup)
  • butter (6 tablespoons)
  • hot pepper jelly (0.5 cup)

Instructions

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

Nutrition

(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)

  • kcal: 119
  • fat: 7 g
  • sats: 5 g
  • carbs: 10 g
  • fibre: 0 g
  • protein: 4 g
  • salt: 0 g