Cheese Appetizer Recipes

Recipe: Honey Drizzled Cheddar Cheese

This is a yummy cheese plate appetizer! Be sure to put the cheese out at room temperature, covered, for one hour before drizzling and serving. You can pre-slice if you wish but present it in block form.

Ingredients:

• 1 (10 oz.) block sharp cheddar cheese
• 2 Tbsp. honey
• 1/4 cup almonds, chopped
• 1/4 cup dried figs or dates, chopped
• 1 apple, thinly sliced
• grapes, if desired

Directions:

Place cheese block, apples, and grapes on a cheese serving tray. Drizzle the cheese with honey, sprinkle with the almonds and figs or dates, and serve.

By Ann from Richland, WA

Recipe: Cheese Dreams

A popular finger food at get togethers that freezes well.

Ingredients:

• slices of white bread, crusts removed
• grated cheddar
• slices of bacon
• butter

Amounts depend on how many you plan to make.

Directions:

Butter each slice of bread and cut in four equal parts. Sprinkle cheese over each quarter. Place pieces of partly cooked bacon cut to fit over each quarter. Can be frozen in layers separated with wax paper. Bake at 375 degrees F about 10 to 15 minutes.

Source: My own "invention"

By glenda eileen lockhart from Nova Scotia