Holiday Pine Cone Cheeseball

By Coppermouse

Ingredients

• 1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 C. light mayonnaise
• 5 strips of bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
• 1 tbsp. chopped green onion
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• 1 tsp. chopped dill weed
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• 1 1/4 C. whole almonds, toasted

Preparation

Step 1

Combine cream cheese and mayonnaise and mix well in a food processor or blender. Stir in the cooked bacon, green onion, dill weed and pepper. Cover and chill overnight.


Shape the cheese mixture into two small pinecones on serving plate. Starting at the narrow end, place almonds into the cheese on a slight angle, forming rows. Garnish with rosemary twigs to resemble pine needles. Serve with crackers.