Pinecone-Shaped Spread Recipe

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Spreading Christmas cheer is deliciously simple with this holiday novelty. Originally my mother's recipe, it always gets raves.

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Pinecone-Shaped Spread Recipe
  • Prep: 15 min. + chilling
  • Yield: 12 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 5 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped green onion
  • 1/2 teaspoon dill weed
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 1-1/4 cups whole unblanched almonds, toasted
  • Fresh rosemary sprigs, optional
  • Assorted crackers or raw vegetables

Directions

  • In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, mayonnaise, bacon, onion, dill and pepper; chill. Form into two pinecone shapes on a serving platter. Beginning at the narrow end of each shape, arrange almonds in overlapping rows. Garnish with rosemary if desired. Serve with crackers or vegetables. Yield: 1-1/2 cups.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (2 tablespoons) equals 236 calories, 23 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 26 mg cholesterol, 152 mg sodium, 4 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 6 g protein.

Originally published as Pinecone-Shaped Spread in Country Woman Christmas Annual 1998, p21

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Reviewed on Mar. 12, 2011 by onetigerlily01

I wouls use neufatchel cheese, fat free mayonaise, and turkey bacon.

Reviewed on Oct. 25, 2009 by enonwosdog

This is a very impressive appetizer. I made two for a party and they went fast.

 
 

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