Herbed Cracker Faces add character to your game day snacks. They're baked on lollipop sticks, decorated in the home team’s colors, then inserted into our Chili Cheese Fullback Muffins. A real winner!
Tools:
Ingredients:
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Icing Colors
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1/2 cup unsalted Butter softened
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8 ounces Monterey Jack or white Cheddar cheese shredded (pre-shredded cheese is not recommended)
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1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/4 teaspoon oregano or basil
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1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
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pepper to taste
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Favorite flavored cream cheese suggested for decorating
Makes: Each cracker serves 1.
instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. In medium-size mixing bowl, cream butter with cheese.
Stir in remaining ingredients.
Lightly spray Round Cookie Treat Pan with vegetable pan spray.
For each of the
8 crackers, press 2 tablespoons dough per cracker onto prepared pan. Press 4"
Lollipop Sticks into each dough formation.
Bake 25-30 minutes or until light golden
brown. Cool 5 minutes. Gently loosen crackers with spatula and remove to cool.
Cool completely before decorating.
Decorate cracker with the "light"
side up. After decorating, Herbed Cracker Faces will be inserted into Chili Cheese
"Full"back Muffins.
To decorate:
Spoon herbed cream cheese that has been tinted with Icing Colors to match your
favorite team colors, into Disposable Decorating Bags.
Attach Decorating Tip #4
and pipe in the helmet area. Smooth with a Small Angled Spatula, if needed.
Use
Decorating Tip #3 to outline stripe on helmet and for facial features.