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Olive Cheese Balls are a delicious, impressive and crowd-pleasing appetizer. Tangy pimiento-stuffed green olives are baked in a cheesy, flaky crust and served hot. The best part? These little bites of heaven can be prepared up to 1 month ahead, frozen and then heated just before serving.

Olive Cheese Balls

Around 3 dozen small (Manzanilla) pimiento-stuffed green olives (7 ounce bottle, with leftovers)

all-purpose flour,

paprika

table salt

cayenne pepper

salted butter, softened

sharp Cheddar cheese, grated (around 1 cup packed)

Drain liquid from olives and place on paper towel to dry. Make sure they are very dry before wrapping with the pastry.

In a small mixing bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup flour, paprika, salt and cayenne. Set aside.

Using an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until creamy. Beat in the cheese until well blended.

Blend in the flour mixture just until combined. Mix in additional flour as needed. The dough should be crumbly and fairly dry, but hold together when pinched. (If it&#8217;s too wet, it will spread when baked.) 

Pinch off a piece of dough around the size of a walnut half; flatten into a thin, oval shape and wrap around an olive, enclosing it completely. Make sure the dough is tight around the olive.

Place on a cookie sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough and olives. Refrigerate olives until very cold &#8211; at least 1 hour, up to overnight.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a rimmed cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Place refrigerated (cold) cheese olives on prepared cookie sheet. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until dough is set and they are lightly browned. Cool for a few minutes, then serve.

Just like my mom used to make. Delicious!!

Had a person who didn't like olives so I made a few with cherry tomatoes - he liked them.
then I started experimenting -- uned some Kalamatas, some Manzanillas and tried one (long one) with a gherkin pickle.
the lady who tried the gherkin pickle absolutely loved it and wants me to make more.
I think that the next time, I'll chop up a mixture of olives, mix them in the dough and stuff them with olive size slices of gherkin - wish me luck!

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