If you are hosting a last minute cocktail party or get-together, tasty, attractive hors d'ourves can be made quickly and inexpensively with a few simple ingredients and a little time. Your guests will be impressed with these simple treats that look like you spent hours in the kitchen.
Instructions
Jalapeno or Green Chili Pinwheels
1. Drain a small can of chopped jalapeno or green chili peppers. Mix well into a large bar of softened cream cheese.
2. Spread the mixture evenly over four or five flour tortillas. Roll tightly and wrap the rolls in foil or plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 to 60 minutes.
3. Slice into 3/4-inch slices with a serrated knife. Place on a decorative serving plate or tray.
Sweet and Hot Brie Delight
4. Slice a wheel or wedge of brie cheese in half crosswise. Lay the cheese on a baking sheet cut side up.
5. Wash a medium jalapeno pepper and slice in half. Wear plastic gloves if your are sensitive to pepper seeds. Remove the seeds. Chop the pepper finely.
6. Mix the chopped pepper in 1 cup of orange marmalade or apricot jam. Spread the mixture over the cheese.
7. Bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees. Serve with water crackers.
Honey-N-Nut Bleu Cheese
8. Carefully unwrap and place a wheel or wedge of good bleu cheese on a pretty platter or footed plate.
9. Drizzle honey over the cheese. Sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
10. Serve with sliced Granny Smith apples and crackers.
Hawaiian Mini-Skewers
11. Cut cocktail sausages into thirds. (Chunks of ham can be substituted for the sausage). Drain pineapple. Cut green pepper into chunks.
12. Skewer toothpicks with pieces of cocktail sausage, a pineapple chunk, and a chunk of green pepper.
13. Roll in brown sugar and place on a broiler pan. Heat for seven minutes at 425 degrees. Serve on a decorative plate or platter.
Quick Tuna Dip
14. Drain one small can of water-packed tuna, and one small can of crushed pineapple.
15. Mix well into one large bar of cream cheese.
16. Place in a decorative bowl and top with a few chopped green onions. Serve with crackers.
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