Bacon wrapped Cheese/Almond Stuff Dates

By cborrelli

Super easy app. Excellant for an antipast tray.

Ingredients

• Gouda cheese cut into small cubes or sticks or what ever cheese (manchego works really well also) you like.
• Almonds, whole roasted(pepper flavored almonds work really well)
• Dates
• Bacon
• Toothpicks

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 400 degrees.

Slice a slit on the side of each date.
Stick one cheese cube in date and then an almond.
Cut bacon in half horizontally.
Wrap bacon slice around date ans secure with a toothpick.
Arrange dates bacon seam down and one inch aparat in a shallow baking pan.
Bake 10-15 min thenturn dates over with tongs and bake until bacon is crisp about 10 min more. Drain on a paper towel. Serve.