Summary

Sweet & Spicy White Cheddar Cheese Ball W/apples & Bacon takes around around 45 minutes from beginning to end. For 47 cents per serving, this recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 122 calories, 5g of protein, and 11g of fat. This recipe serves 24. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. Head to the store and pick up apple, bacon, brown sugar, and a few other things to make it today. 18 people were impressed by this recipe. It is brought to you by Foodista. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. With a spoonacular score of 13%, this dish is rather bad. Bacon Cheddar Cheese Ball, Bacon-Cheddar Cheese Ball, and Smoky Bacon-Cheddar Cheese Ball are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

Put apple slices in small dish and sprinkle with brandy and maple syrup while you prep the rest of the recipe. Fry bacon in large skillet, turning frequently, until crisp, then set aside on a paper towel lined plate. Finely chop apples. Combine cream cheese, Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar, cayenne pepper, and apples in food processor. Pulse until mixture is throughly mixed and combined. Combine pecans, brown sugar, and cooled, crumbled bacon in mini-food processor (or wash out regular processor and dry) until finely chopped. Use spatula to remove cheese mixture to a cutting board. Lightly wet hands and roll the cheese into a ball. Roll in the bacon pecan mixture and pat to coat. Arrange on serving platter with crackers and apple slices dipped in lemon juice/water. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 dried apple slices
• 2 Applejack Brandy (I used 1 T. of Finger Lakes Distilling Maplejack)
• 3 pure maple syrup
• 4 bacon
• 5 cream cheese, or lowfat (NOT nonfat) cream cheese, softened
• 6 Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
• 7 cayenne pepper
• 8 dark brown sugar
• 9 Trader Joes Sweet and Spicy Pecans (substitute 1 c. pecans, 1 t. Cracker and apple slices to serve

Directions

• 1 Put apple slices in small dish and sprinkle with brandy and maple syrup while you prep the rest of the recipe. Fry bacon in large skillet, turning frequently, until crisp, then set aside on a paper towel lined plate.
• 2 Finely chop apples.
• 3 Combine cream cheese, Adams Reserve New York Extra Sharp Cheddar, cayenne pepper, and apples in food processor. Pulse until mixture is throughly mixed and combined.
• 4 Combine pecans, brown sugar, and cooled, crumbled bacon in mini-food processor (or wash out regular processor and dry) until finely chopped.
• 5 Use spatula to remove cheese mixture to a cutting board. Lightly wet hands and roll the cheese into a ball.
• 6 Roll in the bacon pecan mixture and pat to coat.
• 7 Arrange on serving platter with crackers and apple slices dipped in lemon juice/water. Enjoy!