Cheese Olive Puffs Recipes

CHEESE-OLIVE CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the water, butter and salt to a boil. Add flour all at once and stir until a smooth ball forms. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny., Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 3 in. apart onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown., Remove to wire racks. Immediately split puffs open; remove tops and set aside. Discard soft dough from inside. Cool puffs., For filling, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in sour cream and lemon-pepper. Fold in blue cheese and olives. Fill the cream puffs just before serving.

OLIVE CHEESE PUFFS

Steps:

• 1. Mix butter and cheese. 2. Add flour, salt, paprika, cayenne and a tablespoon or two of water to hold the dough together. 3. Wrap one teaspoon of dough around olives and make into smooth balls. 4. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes until browned. Serve warm or at room temperature. 5. They can be frozen before baking-just freeze on a cookie sheet and store in a Ziploc bag until needed. The frozen puffs may need to bake a few minutes longer.

HOT OLIVE CHEESE PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• To make dough, blend the cheese with the butter. Stir in the flour, salt, and paprika. Mix well.
• Wrap 1 teaspoon of dough around each olive overlapping completely.
• Bake until light brown, 12 to 15 minutes.

CHEESE OLIVE PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Make dough by mixing cheese, butter, flour, salt and paprika.
• Pinch off dough and wrap around each olive, making little balls.
• Place on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake for 10- 15 minutes.
• Serve warm.
• May be made ahead and frozen until ready for baking.

OLIVE CHEESE PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400ºF.
• Cream together cheese and butter.
• Sift flour, salt, paprika and cayenne pepper into cheese mixture, and mix to combine well.
• Wrap each olive in about 1 teaspoon of cheese dough.
• Bake for 15 minutes in 400º oven.

OLIVE CHEESE BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine cheese, butter, flour and cayenne with a fork until a dough-like form forms. Scoop up a tablespoon of the dough and enclose one olive with dough. Roll into a ball and place on baking sheet. Repeat process using up remaining dough. Sprinkle with paprika. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden. Serve warm.

BAKED CHEESE OLIVES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• In a small mixing bowl, combine cheese and butter or margarine. Stir flour and cayenne pepper into the cheese and butter mixture. Blend well. Wrap a tablespoon of dough around each green olive. Arrange the wrapped olives on a cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

HOT CHEESE OLIVES

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Beat the butter until creamy in a large mixing bowl, add the cheese and mix well. Stir in the flour, salt, cayenne and the Worcestershire and mix until smooth. Beat the egg with 2 tablespoons cold water. Add to the dough and mix just until incorporated. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Remove the dough and flatten out a piece about the size of a walnut into a thin round. Place an olive on top and shape it around the olive, pinching to repair any breaks. Place it on an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough and olives. Bake until the dough sets, about 15 minutes. Serve hot.

OLIVE PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Cut pastry into strips about 6 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. Wrap a belt of pastry around each olive. Place on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

OLIVE PUFFS

Steps:

• Cream all the ingredients except olives, knead to form a dough. Wrap around the olives individually. At this point you can place them on a cookie sheet and freeze then put them in a gallon sized bag for later, or refrigerate for at least one hour.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 16-18 mn. if refrigerated, if frozen 20-23 mn. No need to thaw.

CHEESE-OLIVE PUFFS

Steps:

• Blend together flour, cheese, paparika and butter. This will make a very stiff dough. Take a small amount (about the same size at the thumb to first joint) and cover an olive. It should be about 1/16th of an inch thick and no part of the olive should be showing. *The amount of cheese mixture used will depend on the size of the olive.* If you are using small olives, use less. Place olives on cookie sheet about 1" apart. *If freezing, freeze on cookie sheet and then transfer to freezer bag.* Chill until ready to use. Bake at 400 10 - 12 minutes. If frozen bake at 425 about 15 minutes. They will puff a bit and not taste doughy. If using large olives you will need to cook a few more minutes. Two batches will make about 3/4 of a gallon freezer bag.

OLIVE-ONION PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat broiler. Stir olives, cheese mayonnaise and onions in small bowl to blend. Season with salt and pepper. Mound 1 tablespoon olive mixture on each bread slice. Arrange on baking sheet. Broil until topping is heated through and begins to brown, about 2 minutes. Serve hot.

CHEESE PUFF APPETIZERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a cookie sheet.
• In a small bowl, mix together cheese, butter, flour, and Worcestershire sauce. Knead the dough. Pinch the dough into small balls, flatten them in the palm of your hand, then roll each circle of dough around one stuffed olive. Arrange the wrapped olives on the prepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 15 minutes until lightly brown.

CHEDDAR AND OLIVE BALLS

Steps:

• Allow cheese to sit out until it is at room temperature. In a large bowl, mix together the cheese, butter and paprika using a pastry blender. Gradually mix in flour, first using the pastry blender, then using your hands. Mix until the dough pulls together. It should form a solid ball with a smooth appearance, but have a crumbly texture when pulled apart. If dough appears too dry, add more shredded cheese.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Pinch off a small piece of dough, and cover an olive with it. Roll gently between your palms to smooth and seal the olive inside the ball. Place onto an ungreased cookie sheet and repeat with remaining dough and olives. Place the tray of covered olives into the refrigerator for 10 minutes to firm up.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until browned. Serve hot or at room temperature.