Recipe(tried): Surprise Cheese Puff Appetizers

Brenda: I tested this recipe last weekend. I made a "half batch." They are TO DIE FOR! They are best if served hot. I set a few aside to see how they would taste at room temperature (as if baked at home and taken elsewhere). They were still good a couple hours later BUT better hot. I filled some of them with small ripe (black) olives and like those too.

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SURPRISE CHEESE PUFFS

Yield: 50 servings

1/2 c Butter
2 c Grated sharp cheese
1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Paprika
1 ds Cayenne or red pepper
1 c Sifted flour
50 sm Stuffed green olives.

Allow butter to soften; blend with cheese, salt,
paprika and cayenne. Stir in flour, mixing well. Mold
1 tsp of this mixture around each olive, covering it
completely. Arrange on a baking sheet and chill until
firm. Bake in 400 oven for 15 minutes. Serve hot.
Makes 50 puffs.

**NOTE** These puffs are so easy to serve at parties
as they may be made in advance, frozen on a baking
sheet to keep round and stored in a plastic bag in the
freezer. Bake as needed.