cheese puff cups with fig preserves
Ingredients
12 ounces cream cheese, softened
¼ cup minced onion
4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
dash of cayenne pepper
¼ cup fig preserves (approximately)
4 boxes Athens Mini Fillo Shells (15 phyllo cups per box)
Directions
Combine cream cheese, onion, eggs and cayenne pepper in a bowl.
Spoon mixture into Fillo cups (about 2/3 full). Top with a ¼ tsp of fig preserves.
Return to plastic tray, cover with plastic wrap and freeze.
Preheat oven to 375.
Place frozen cups on a cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes or until bubbly.
Makes 60
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