Baked Olive Cheese Balls

An online recipe with instructions for making Baked Olive Cheese Balls.

Ingredients

- 2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar cheese (1/2 pound)
- 6 tablespoons of butter, softened
- 1 cup of all purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons of water
- 2 teaspoons of paprika
- 1 teaspoon of worcestershire sauce
- dash of ground cayenne pepper
- dash of salt
- 24 medium pimiento stuffed olives, drained and dried

Instructions

- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Grease a baking sheet

Mix the shredded cheese and the softened butter and worcestershire sauce.

Mix the flour with the paprika, cayenne and salt

Add the flour mixture to the cheese mixture and also add the 6 tablespoons of water. (if the mixture seems too dry you can add more water, but only add it a very little at a time)

For each cheese Ball
- use about 1 teaspoon of dough
- wrap that dough around an olive
- place the cheese ball on the pre-greased baking sheet

Wrap each drop of cheese dough around an olive, completely covering the olive.

Bake at 400 degrees for about 14 minutes until the balls are golden brown. Serve hot.

If not served immediately, the cheese balls can be reheated in a 350 degree oven until they are warm.

NOTE:
Some recipes include chilling the olive stuffed balls in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes to firm them up before baking, and then baking for about 20 to 25 minutes.