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cheese stuffed dates

bakermom2 avatar
Recipe by
Linda Mericle
@bakermom2
Dadeville, AL

This really isn't even a recipe. Its just something quick I made on my way out the door for a book club meeting one night. I had found something like it on the web somewhere, maybe here? Its great as an appetizer,a meeting, a pot luck, a tea party or any time!

yield serving(s)
prep time 10 Min
method No-Cook or Other

Ingredients For cheese stuffed dates

  • pitted dates, any amount you want
  • cream cheese or mascarpone cheese
  • raw almonds, skinned or not

How To Make cheese stuffed dates

  • 1
    Cut each of the dates in half. If they are not pitted, now is the time to pit them. They look like little Lego sized canoes. Line them up on a plate.
  • 2
    Take your cheese of choice and put it into a bag, like a sandwich bag. Spoon the messy stuff in and cut off a little snippet of the corner of the bag. Squeeze the cheese into each of the little hollow dates. Tip each one with an almond. I learned an easy way to skin them, and had skinned a bunch earlier, but darned if I could find them when I needed them. So the ones in this picture are regular raw almonds.
  • 3
    To skin (blanch) almonds: Bring a pot of water to boil. Add some almonds and boil them for about 1 minute. Drain them and put in cold water for about 30 seconds. Drain again and put on a towel or paper towel. Cover with a towel and rub vigorously. The skins just come right off! It just makes a prettier presentation sometimes to have 'blanched' almonds.
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