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Cheese Puffs with Fig Jam or Hot Pepper Jelly from a cozy mystery: Key Lime Crime by Lucy Burdette

Cheese Puffs with Fig Jam or Hot Pepper Jelly f

These puffs are super-easy and always a big hit at parties. You may need to tell guests they are appetizers made of cheese, not cookies!
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Appetizer
Cuisine American
Servings 48 pieces

Equipment

  • Food Processor

Ingredients
  

  • ½ pound sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter, unsalted
  • 1 cup flour
  • Fig Jam and/or Hot Pepper Jelly

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400.
  • Mix the first three ingredients thoroughly in a food processor or by hand.
  • Chill ½ hour.
  • Roll into small balls and place on a cookie sheet covered with parchment.
  • Bake for five minutes.
  • Remove the pan from the oven and make a depression in the top of each puff with the back of a spoon.
  • Fill each depression with fig jam and continue baking until golden, about five more minutes.
Keyword appetizer, cheddar cheese, cheese, fig, fig jam, hot, hot pepper jelly, savory