Goat Cheese Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Dates with Basil

By tulawdog

Ingredients

• 12 medjool dates, pitted (you can pit these yourself, very easily)
• 6 slices of good quality bacon, cut in half
• 1/2 cup of goat cheese (I like the “Creamy Goat Cheese” they have at Trader Joes, but chevre will work just as well)
• 12 small basil leaves

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450. Line a cookie sheet (with sides) with parchment paper.

Stuff date with a teaspoonful of cheese. Stick a basil leaf on top and then wrap ½ slice of bacon around the date. Secure either with a toothpick or by sticking the seam side down on the cookie sheet. Repeat until all the dates have been wrapped in bacon.

Bake for 5 minutes until golden on one side, and then take them out of the oven and flip them over to the other. Bake for an additional 5 minutes.