Aunt Annies Cheese Ball Recipes

This is my husband's great aunt's recipe. It's been passed down through the family for years! It's always a hit at parties! Roll in the chopped nuts of your choice.

Provided by TUGGLY

Categories     Appetizers and Snacks     Dips and Spreads Recipes     Cheese Dips and Spreads Recipes     Cold Cheese Dip Recipes

Time 45m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 9

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 239.3 calories, Carbohydrate 2.3 g, Cholesterol 54.6 mg, Fat 23.8 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 5.6 g, SaturatedFat 12.2 g, Sodium 377.4 mg, Sugar 0.3 g

I'm asked to bring this to every family function. This is my great aunt's recipe and when she could no longer make it, I took over. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. You can use low-fat or fat-free cream cheese for this, but it will not get hard and form a ball. If you make it with low-fat ingredients, place the mixture in a bowl or decorative crock and top with crushed pecans. Cook time does not include chill time.

Provided by MsSally

Categories     Spreads

Time 16m

Yield 20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

• Ingredients

This is everyone's favorite casserole, not least because on Thanksgiving Day it's the only rice dish on the table (and my Korean family loves rice). When my cousin Becky finally learned how to make broccoli-cheese rice casserole from her Aunt Anne, whose Southern food I always thought tasted so good, she usually made two vats of it because it's the one dish everyone wants leftovers of. (It also happens to reheat especially well-a key requirement for any Thanksgiving side dish, in my book.) What I love most is how much this recipe has changed over time. I call it Aunt Anne's Broccoli-Cheese Rice Casserole because she's the catalyst for the dish, but really it's "Eric's interpretation of Becky's Broccoli-Cheese Rice Casserole, which she maybe learned from her mother, Julia, who learned it from her sister Anne." Like a game of telephone, the recipe has been tweaked and misremembered, and now tastes like a mere version of that first casserole we had as kids, which is fine because we're not kids anymore. And I love that. This kind of culinary evolution is what defines Thanksgiving for me. As for the broccoli, sometimes I like to use only florets because that's my favorite part of the vegetable, but my mother likes it the way Aunt Anne makes it, which was often with frozen chopped broccoli (stems and everything). The original had Velveeta cheese, as well, but I enjoy the sharpness of cheddar and the ease of ready shredded cheese, which is what I call for here.

Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 1h5m

Yield 6 to 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

• Ingredients

This is one of my favorite hoiday hors 'doeuvres. My Aunt Janice makes this for every holiday gathering & there is NONE left. I love the contrast of the bitter/pungent sharp cheddar & the heat from the tobasco.

Provided by Kellie Simpson

Categories     Spreads

Number Of Ingredients 9

• Ingredients

Aunt Sue makes this for every family get-together we have and it has never failed to be a hit!

Provided by Aletha Flanagan

Categories     Cheese Appetizers

Number Of Ingredients 6

• Ingredients

This came from a lifelong friend's aunt. Every flavor blends very nicely and is a hit everywhere I take it. It has recently been named my "Awesome Cheeseball".

Provided by Mel Bell

Categories     Lunch/Snacks

Time 35m

Yield 1 ball

Number Of Ingredients 8

• Ingredients

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1594.7, Fat 158.2, SaturatedFat 99.6, Cholesterol 499, Sodium 1509.3, Carbohydrate 15.4, Sugar 2.6, Protein 34.3