Best Aunt Nancys Olive Cheese Balls Recipes

OLIVE-CHEESE BALLS

Steps:

• Stir together cheese and flour in large bowl. Stir in butter thoroughly. (If dough seems dry, work with hands.)
• Mold 1 teaspoon dough around each olive; shape into ball. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour but no longer than 24 hours.
• Heat oven to 400°F. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until light brown.

CHEESE OLIVE BALLS

Steps:

• In a medium-size bowl, cream butter.
• Mix in flour, cheese, paprika, cumin, and hot sauce.
• Cover bowl and refrigerate at least an hour.
• Dry olives on paper towels.
• With a ball of cheese mixture that is close in size to the olive, flatten the cheese mixture in your palm, plop the olive in the center, work the mixture up around the olive, and then very gently roll it around between your palms.
• Make sure the cheese mixture completely seals in the olive.
• Repeat with remaining olives.
• Place the cheese-wrapped olives on a parchment-lined baking sheet and place in freezer until frozen. If you are planning to bake immediately, place in the freezer for about 15 minutes.
• Once frozen, you can store in resealable plastic bags in the freezer until you are read to bake them.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Prior to baking, remove olive from the freezer and allow to stand at room temperature for approximately 15 minute (while the oven is heating).
• Place olives on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool to slightly warm.
• Serve at room temperature to slightly warm.

OLIVE CHEESE BALLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Mix cheese and flour together.
• Mix in margarine. Work with hand if it seems dry.
• Mold 1 teaspoon of dough around each olive.
• Shape into a ball.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
• Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour.
• Bake until set, 15 to 20 minutes.

OLIVE CHEESE BALLS

Steps:

• Mix the cheese, flour and butter like pie crust.
• Shape into balls smaller than walnuts.
• Press an olive into the center of each, covering completely.
• Bake 10-15 minutes at 400 degrees.
• Serve as finger food.
• Makes 30.
• Can be frozen before baking.
• Best served warm.

AUNT NANCY'S BLUE CHEESE BALL (KICKED UP )

Steps:

• In a large bowl add cream cheese,cheddar cheese and blu cheese and mix together well.
• Add cheese whiz,Accent,onion, red and green pepper.
• Mix all up real good and place in refrigerator for 10 minutes or just enough time to harden alittle. This is to help with rolling in pecans.
• Remove from refrigerator and form into 1 large cheese ball or 2 medium size cheese balls.
• On wax paper, place chopped pecans and roll each ball.
• Place on a glass plate or cheese ball plate and pat around to secure the pecans.
• Chill for 1 to 2 hours or overnight.
• Serve with your choice of crackers.