Festive Olive Cheese Ball recipe

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Ingredients

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
½ cup butter, room temperature
1 (5 ounce) jar pimento-stuffed green olives, drained and minced
1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder
1 cup chopped walnuts

Nutrition Info

158.6 calories
carbohydrate: 1.8 g
cholesterol: 30.7 mg
fat: 16.5 g
fiber: 0.6 g
protein: 2.4 g
saturatedFat: 7.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 263.3 mg
sugar: 0.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, stir together the cream cheese and margarine until well blended. Mix in the green olives and garlic powder. Shape into a ball, and roll in chopped walnuts to coat. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving, but preferably overnight. Serve with an assortment of crackers.

Recipe Yield

16 servings

Recipe Note

This is a cheese ball that has olives, butter and garlic in it, and it is rolled in walnuts - we enjoyed it every year at Christmas as children.

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