AMARETTO CHEESE FILLED APRICOT

Amaretto Cheese Filled Apricot image

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Recipes

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

4 oz cream cheese (half of 8-oz. package), softened
1/3 cup slivered almonds, toasted, chopped, divided
1/4 cup chopped dried cherries or sweetened dried cranberries
2 Tablespoons amaretto
30 soft whole dried apricots

Steps:

1. In small bowl, mix cream cheese, 1/4 cup of the almonds, the cherries and amaretto with spoon. Spoon into small resealable food-storage plastic bag. Cut 1/2 inch off a corner of bag.
2. With fingers, open apricots along one side so they look like partially open clamshells. Pipe about 1 teaspoon cheese mixture into each apricot.
3. Finely chop remaining almonds. Dip cheese edge of apricots into almonds. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving to chill.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 g, Fat 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 g, Sodium 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 0 g