Baked Cheddar Garlic Olive Pastries Recipes

BAKED CHEDDAR OLIVES

Steps:

• Drain olives and pat dry with towels. Combine cheese and butter in a bowl. Add flour and cayenne and blend until well mixed. Drop the dough by tablespoons onto wax paper and wrap or mold each piece of dough around an olive, covering it completely. Bake the wrapped olives on a baking sheet in the middle of a preheated 400 degrees F oven for 15 minutes or until golden. Serve warm. Recipe Source: 1969 Gourmet Magazine

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.

BAKED CHEDDAR OLIVES

Steps:

• In a bowl combine the Cheddar and the butter, add the flour and the cayenne, and blend the dough until it is combined well. Drop the dough by tablespoons onto wax paper and wrap or mold each tablespoon around each of the olives, covering each olive completely. Bake the wrapped olives on a baking sheet in the middle of a preheated 400°F. oven for 15 minutes, or until the pastry is golden, and serve them warm.

BAKED CHEDDAR GARLIC OLIVE PASTRIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, blend the flour and paprika; add the cheese and softened butter and blend into a smooth dough.
• Roll 2 teaspoons of dough into a ball, then flatten into a disk.
• Take a single olive and place in the middle of one disk, place another on top of it, run a wet finger around the edge and seal; place wrapped olive on a lightly oil-sprayed baking sheet and repeat until you've used all the dough.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden.
• Serve warm or cooled.
• You can also make these with pieces of dough from refrigerator biscuits, and placing grated cheese inside the wrap with the olive.