Recipes

Cheese Puffs With Fig Jam

These puffs are super-easy and always a big hit at parties. You may need to tell guests they are appetizers made of cheese, not cookies! If you prefer a zippy filling, use hot pepper jelly instead of the fig jam.

Ingredients

½ pound sharp cheddar cheese, shredded

½ cup (1 stick) butter, unsalted

1 cup flour

Fig jam

Preheat oven to 400.

Mix first three ingredients thoroughly in food processor or by hand. Chill ½ hour. Roll into small balls and place on a cookie sheet covered with parchment. Bake five minutes.

Remove pan from oven and make a depression in the top of each puff with the back of a spoon. Fill each depression with fig jam and continue baking until golden, about five more minutes.