Pepper Jelly & Cream Cheese Bites

• servings: 24 servings
• active time: 5 minutes
• total time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

Cooking spray

1 (14-oz.) package puff pastry, thawed if frozen

1 (8-oz.) block cold cream cheese

1/2 c. pepper jelly

Fresh thyme leaves, for serving (optional)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°. Grease 2 (24-cup) mini muffin pans with cooking spray. On a clean work surface, spread puff pastry and cut into 24 pieces. Place each piece in prepared cups.

Bake pastry until just light golden and puffed, about 12 minutes. Let cool slightly.

Cut cream cheese into 24 pieces. Press a piece of cream cheese into center of each puff pastry, separating pastry in the center as needed. Top each with about 1 heaping teaspoon pepper jelly.

Continue to bake bites until puff pastry is golden brown and cream cheese is warmed through, 8 to 10 minutes more. Top with thyme leaves, if desired. Let cool 10 minutes before serving.

Nutrition

• Calories: 3515
• Total Fat: 238 g
• Saturated Fat: 85 g
• Trans Fat: 3 g
• Cholesterol: 229 mg
• Sodium: 1758 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 297 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8 g
• Total Sugars: 89 g
• Protein: 44 g