Barefoot Bistro Helps Celebrate Cheese Doodle Day

Cheese Doodle Chicken Meatballs

2 lbs ground Chicken

1 lb Bacon, cooked & crumbled

1/2 cup Scallion, chopped

1/2 cup Bread Crumbs

1 Egg, beaten

2 tsp Garlic Powder

2 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Black Pepper

1 TBSP Worcestershire

6 oz Velveeta cut into 1/2 ” cubes

Breading:

1 bag Cheese Doodles  crushed

3 Eggs, beaten

1 cup Flour

Preheat oven at 400 degrees.

Add all ingredients except Velveeta cubes and mix well. Form into 2″ balls. Stick finger halfway in to create a hole for the cheese cube. Shape meat around until cheese is hidden inside.

Dip each meatball into eggs, flour then into crushed Cheese Doodles.

Bake on sprayed baking sheet 18-20 minutes.

Hot and Spicy Date Cookies

1 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese

6 oz Butter

2 cups Flour

1/2 tsp Salt

Dash of Cayenne

2 lbs pitted Dates

Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

Combine Cheese and Butter. Then add Flour, Salt, Cayenne to make a soft dough. Roll into a ball. Press a Date in the center of each. Bake 15 minutes.

Do not overcook. Once cooled roll in Confectioners Sugar.