Cheesy Thumbprint Appetizers with Hot Pepper Jelly

Name: Cheesy Thumbprint Appetizers with Hot Pepper Jelly
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 Tbsps chilled butter, chopped; 125 grams all-purpose flour; 75 grams hot pepper jelly; 226 grams shredded Cheddar cheese

Cheesy Thumbprint Appetizers with Hot Pepper Jelly is a lacto ovo vegetarian recipe with 20 servings. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 100 calories, 3g of protein, and 7g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 55 minutes. If you have butter, cheddar cheese, pepper jelly, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Blend Cheddar cheese, flour, and butter in a food processor until dough is a coarse-meal texture and forms into a ball. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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Wrap

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Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

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Shape dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and place 1 inch apart on a baking sheet.

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes.

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Remove from oven; press thumb into top of each ball, creating an indentation. Spoon about 1 teaspoon pepper jelly into indentation.

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Pepper Jelly

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Oven

Bake until edges are golden brown, about 5 minutes.

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Servings:

6Tbsps

chilled butter, chopped 125grams

all-purpose flour 75grams

hot pepper jelly 226grams

shredded Cheddar cheese

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Madeira, Prosecco, Port, Moscato Dasti

Cream Sherry, Madeira, and Prosecco are my top picks for Thumbprint Cookie. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Solera Cream Sherry with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 17 dollars per bottle.

NV Solera Cream Sherry

The Solera Cream Sherry has a brilliant amber and deep copper hue. With butterscotch and pecan aromas, the sweet salted nut and brown spice aromas carry a complex caramel accent. A sweet entry leads to a rounded, lush, moderately full-bodied palate with a lengthy, flavorful finish.