Pinecone cheeseballs for your Christmas party!
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How awesome are these? Pinecone cheeseballs for your Christmas party !
Ingredients
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup light mayonnaise
- 5 strips of bacon cooked crisp and crumbled
- 1 Tbsp diced green onion
- 1 tsp chopped fresh dill weed
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1 1/4 cup whole almonds toasted
- Fresh rosemary sprigs for garnish
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Spread almonds on a baking pan and bake for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally until golden. Let cool.
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Combine cream cheese and mayonnaise and mix well in a food processor or blender.
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Stir in the cooked bacon, green onion, dill weed and pepper.
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Cover and chill overnight.
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Shape the cheese mixture into two small pine cones on serving plate.
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Starting at the narrow end, place almonds into the cheese on a slight angle, forming rows.
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Garnish pine cone cheese ball with rosemary twigs to resemble pine needles.
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Serve with crackers.