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pinto

(106,886 posts) Wed Jul 25, 2012, 03:55 PM Jul 2012

Ahhh, want to try these - Bacon-Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Cream Cheese and Almonds

Bacon-Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Cream Cheese and Almonds
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse

Ingredients
18 (1 by 1/4-inch) pieces cream cheese
18 pitted dates (preferably Medjool)
18 salted and roasted whole almonds
6 slices bacon cut crosswise into thirds

Special equipment: 18 wooden picks

Directions

Heat the oven to 400 degrees F.

Stuff 1 piece of cheese and 1 almond into each date, then wrap one piece of bacon around each date and secure bacon with a toothpick if desired. Arrange dates, bacon seam down and 1 inch apart in a shallow baking pan.

Bake 5 minutes, then turn dates over with tongs and bake until bacon is crisp, 5 to 6 minutes more. Drain on a paper towel or parchment. Serve immediately.

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Ahhh, want to try these - Bacon-Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Cream Cheese and Almonds (Original Post) pinto Jul 2012 OP

I've made dates stuffed with cream cheese for years. cbayer Jul 2012 #1

I was going to say... Phentex Jul 2012 #3

You just can't go wrong with these ingredients. cbayer Jul 2012 #4

I too have made these . . . Callalily Jul 2012 #2

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

1. I've made dates stuffed with cream cheese for years.

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 03:59 PM

Jul 2012

They are great appetizers, particularly around the christmas holidays.

I have never thought of wrapping them in bacon, but it sounds great.

I do something similar with jalapeños stuffed with cream cheese. Somehow baking them wrapped in bacon takes a lot of the heat out. Delish!