STRAWBERRY & CREAM PINWHEEL APPETIZERS

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These little treats were created for RSC #11. I hope you will enjoy these light tasting appetizers, as much as we did.

Provided by Baby Kato

Categories     < 4 Hours

Time 3h45m

Yield 32 pinwheels

Number Of Ingredients 9

4 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 ounces goat cheese, fig, softened
1 tablespoon milk
1 tablespoon honey, liquid
1/2 tablespoon key lime zest, grated
1/4 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
3/4 cup strawberry, fresh, small, thinly sliced
8 slices white bread, soft, crusts remove
8 pieces plastic wrap

Steps:

  • In a large bowl, mix the cream cheese and goat cheese together, blending well, next add the milk, honey and key lime rind.
  • Once the cheese mixture is creamy add the coarsely chopped pecans and place in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes.
  • Thinly slice the strawberries and set a side until needed.
  • Remove the crusts from the bread.
  • With a rolling pin flatten the bread slices, horizontally and vertically.
  • Spread 1 tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture on the prepared bread slices.
  • Place a piece of plastic wrap on table and place the bread on top of the plastic wrap.
  • In the middle of the bread place two rows of of the thinly sliced strawberries.
  • Gently roll the bread into a log, cover the log with the plastic wrap, do this for each slice.
  • Chill the covered, cream cheese logs in the fridge for 3 hours or overnight, for the flavors to blend.
  • Remove the logs from fridge, take off the plastic and gently slice the logs with a bread knife.
  • You should get four slices from each bread log.
  • Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.

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