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Santa Finger Food For Christmas

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Recipe Summary Santa Finger Food For Christmas

I live to serve some cute, non-sweet foods on Christmas day and these little Santa crackers were a big hit last year. Serve them rather soon after making, so the crackers don't get too soggy.

Ingredients | National Food Of The Philippines

½ (4 ounce) package crumbled feta cheese

½ (3 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

2 tablespoons milk, or more as needed

1 (7 ounce) jar roasted red peppers

½ (8 ounce) package buttery round crackers

32 green peppercorns in brine, drained

16 capers

1 rib celery, thinly sliced

Directions

Combine feta cheese, cream cheese, and milk in a bowl and stir to combine. Press through a fine-mesh sieve, so cheese mixture is very fine. Spoon cheese mixture into a piping back with a round tip.

Pipe a semi-circle of cheese mixture over the top third of each cracker. Cut red peppers into triangles and place into the semi-circle for Santa's hat. Pipe 2 small dots for the eyes and 1 for the nose. Place 1 peppercorn into each 'eye dot' for the pupils and 1 caper into the 'nose dot'. Pipe a beard on the bottom of the cracker and place 2 celery slices, curved side facing down, on top of the beard.

You can also use a resealable plastic bag with a small corner cut off to pipe the cheese cream onto the crackers.

Info | National Food Of The Philippines

prep: 30 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 16 Yield: 16 servings

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