Olive-Blue Moons

Name: Olive-Blue Moons
Yield: Makes about 8 dozen
Ingredients: 2 ½ cups (10 oz.) freshly shredded sharp Cheddar cheese; 1 (6-oz.) can Spanish olives, drained and finely chopped; ½ cup butter, softened; 2 ounces blue cheese, crumbled; 1 tablespoon half-and-half; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

3 Ratings
2 Reviews

Spanish olives and blue cheese bring distinct flavor to each bite of savory Olive-Blue Moons.

Recipe by Southern Living December 2012

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Credit: Iain Bagwell; Styling: Heather Chadduck

Recipe Summary

Yield:

Makes about 8 dozen

Ingredients

2 ½ cups (10 oz.) freshly shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
1 (6-oz.) can Spanish olives, drained and finely chopped
½ cup butter, softened
2 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
1 tablespoon half-and-half
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°.

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Step 2
Beat Cheddar cheese, olives, butter, blue cheese, half-and-half, and salt at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until blended. Gradually add flour, beating just until combined.
Step 3
Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface. Divide dough into 2 equal portions, and flatten each into a disk; roll each to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut with a 2 1/2-inch moon-shaped cutter. Place dough 1 inch apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden; cool on baking sheets on wire racks 30 minutes.

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DecaturAla

12/31/2012

OMG. These are SO fabulous. With my new mixer, they were fairly easy. I did add about 1/2 tsp Tabasco, because no self-respecting Southerner would make a cheese straw or cracker without some bite. Frankly, it could have used a full 1 tsp. To answer Andreakat below, they are NOT fried; they are baked. With all the (real) butter and cheese they are hardly fat-free. But they are SO tasty! I didn't have a crescent moon cutter, just a star, but they could be globs and they'd be just as good! Andrea, I love olives, too. Somewhere I have a recipe for a similar type dough that you wrap around a whole olive and bake. Wonderful!

Andreakat01

11/29/2012

This recipe sounds delicious but am I crazy or does the photo look like something fried? I want to try this since I love olives and blue cheese.

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