Cheese Dreams! THE BEST sweet & salty combo ✨

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier; margarine is often cheaper.

Cut 70 dates in half and remove the pits.

Stuff each date with half a pecan.

In a mixing bowl, combine 5 oz of sharp cheddar cheese and 5 oz of softened butter.

Mix the cheese and butter together until well combined.

Add 1 cup of flour to the cheese and butter mixture and mix well.

Refrigerate the dough for about 15 minutes.

Prepare the dates by stuffing them with powdered sugar-dusted pecans.

Roll out the cheese dough to about a quarter of an inch thick.

Use a biscuit cutter to cut out circles of dough.

Wrap each date in the cheese dough, flattening it around the date.

Preheat the oven to 400°F.

Place the wrapped dates on a baking sheet.

Bake for 25 minutes at 400°F until golden brown.

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