Recipe: BAKED CHEDDAR OLIVES

Title: Baked cheddar olives
Categories: Appetizers, Vegetables, Cheese
Servings: 24

1 c Cheddar cheese, grated 1/8 ts Cayenne pepper
2 tb Unsalted butter, softened 24 Pimiento-stuffed olives (a 3
1/2 c Flour Oz. jar)

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