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Chili cheese bites

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Categories: Appetizers, Cheese, Cheese & Eggs, Chili, Herbs & Spices, Snacks Rating: 0
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Ingredients:
4 tbspButter
5 ea Eggs
1/4 cupFlour
1/2 tspBaking powder
1 dashSalt
4 ozChilies, green, chopped
1 cupCottage cheese, small curd
8 ozMonterey Jack, shredded
Procedures:
1Preheat oven to 400.
2Melt butter in 9" square pan in oven.
3Tip pan to coat bottom with melted butter.
4In large bowl, beat eggs.
5Stir in flour, baking powder, and salt.
6Add melted butter; set pan aside.
7Stir in chilies, cottage cheese, and cheese.
8Blend well.
9Turn batter into pan.
10Bake 15 minutes.
11Reduce heat to 350 degrees.
12Bake 30-35 minutes longer or until lightly browned.
13Cool slightly and cut into small squares.
14May be frozen.
15If you freeze, flash freeze.
16Flash freeze means to freeze food uncovered until solid, then wrap well and return to freezer.
17Use within 2-3 months.
18How to thaw: place on baking sheet.
19Thaw 1-2 hours at room temperature.
20Before serving, reheat in 400°F oven 10 minutes or until hot.
21Note: the recipe may be doubled and baked in a 13"x9" baking dish.
22Sylvia"s notes: as usual, i didn"t have the right size pan, so baked it in two pie pans for 15 minutes at 400 and then 15 minutes at 350.
23They were just a hair too well browned.
24Quite tasty and would work well as a potluck where they could be kept warm or nuked