Cream Cheese & Cherry Pepper Bites

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Healthy Low-Cholesterol Recipes Find healthy, delicious heart-healthy recipes to help lower your cholesterol including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack recipes from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell. Need a super-easy holiday-party hors d'oeuvre? These tasty little cream cheese and cherry pepper tartlets come together in a snap, thanks to premade pie dough, which is pressed into a mini muffin tin to make the tart shells—then all you have to do is fill the cups with cream cheese and chopped cherry peppers. Chopped herbs add a nice hit of color, but these are just as tasty as-is. Consider making a double batch—these bites are sure to go quickly.

Ingredients

1 refrigerated pie crust
( ½ of a 14-ounce package; see Tips
)¼ cup cream cheese, softened
cup chopped sweet cherry peppers (see Tips)
Chopped fresh chives, parsley or cilantro (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450°F. Lightly coat a mini muffin tin with cooking spray. Unroll pie crust onto a clean surface. Roll the dough into a circle about 12 inches in diameter. Cut 24 2-inch circles out of the dough with a biscuit cutter, rerolling the scraps if needed. Place the dough circles in the prepared muffin cups, gently pressing the dough into the bottom and sides. Prick the dough with a fork. Bake until lightly browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Add ½ teaspoon cream cheese to each cup, then top each with a scant ½ teaspoon chopped cherry peppers. Bake until hot, 3 to 5 minutes more. Let cool for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with herbs, if desired, and serve warm.
Tips: Look for prerolled pie dough (usually a package of 2 crusts) in the refrigerated case at the grocery store. If you have time and enjoy making pastry, you can make your own crust.
Look for red and/or green mild (or sweet) cherry peppers in jars near the pickles and olives or at the "olive bar" in well-stocked supermarkets and specialty-food stores.
Equipment: Mini muffin tin (24 cups); 2-inch biscuit cutter

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