Description
You can never go wrong with a cheese ball, especially when hosting a holiday gathering! Salty, crunchy, and cheesy, it's the perfect appetizer for guests to munch on as they visit with each other.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 packages cream cheese, room temperature
- 6 to 7 green onions, green part only, chopped
- 1/2 cup finely chopped roast beef
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- Chopped nuts for rolling, optional (I like pecans), about 2 cups
- Crackers
Instructions
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In a large bowl, add the cream cheese, green onion, roast beef, garlic powder, and Worcestershire sauce.
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Using clean hands, blend everything together really well. The heat from your hands really helps to work everything together.
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Taste with the crackers you are using. Add salt if needed and more Worcestershire or garlic powder as needed. Taste again, and adjust to your liking.
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To make mini cheese balls, take a handful of the cream cheese mixture, and pat it into a ball about the size of your fist. Place ball on a plate and repeat until you have used all of your mixture. You should get about 8 balls. Roll each ball in nuts, if you choose, then wrap in plastic wrap, and keep in the fridge until you are ready to use them.
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To make a party-sized cheese ball, scrape as much of the cream cheese mixture as you can from the bowl into your hands. Pat and roll in between your hands to form a ball. Roll in nuts if you are going to, reshape, and then wrap in plastic wrap.
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Let it firm up in the fridge for at least 1 hour before serving.
- To serve, unwrap the cheese ball, and place it on a platter with crackers.
- I often put the mini cheese balls on my neighbor goodie plates (along with cookies, fudge, and other homemade treats), and everyone LOVES getting something salty with all that sweet.
Notes
- Make one big cheese ball or divide it up to share -- it's up to you.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Category: appetizer
- Method: no bake
- Cuisine: American
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