Baked Cheddar Olives

Recipe Cuisine: Appetizers
Recipe Category: Appetizers
Recipe Serves: 24

Recipes Ingredients:

1 c Cheddar cheese; grated
1/8 ts Cayenne pepper
2 tb Butter; softened
24 ea Pimiento-stuffed olives (a 3
1/2 c Flour

Recipe Instructions:

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 400f Oven for 15 minutes or until golden. Serve warm. Makes 24 olives. a 1969 Gourmet Mag. favorite