Crescent/Pastry: Basil Cheese Triangles
Source of Recipe
Betty Crocker
List of Ingredients
1 pound feta or shredded jack cheese
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh basil
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
16 ounces phyllo dough, thawed
1/3 cup butter, melted
Recipe
Heat oven to 400�F. Grease cookie sheet. Crumble feta into small bowl and mash with fork. Stir in eggs, basil and white pepper until well mixed. Cut stack of phyllo sheets lengthwise into 2 inch strips. Cover with plastic wrap, then with damp towel to prevent them from drying out. Place 1 level tsp. cheese mixture on end of 1 strip; fold phyllo strip end over end, in triangular shape, to opposite end. Place on cookie sheet. Repeat with remaining strips and cheese mixture. Brush butter over triangles. Bake 12-15 minutes or until puffed and golden. Serve warm. Makes 6 dozen.
Can refrigerate by covering prepared triangles with plastic wrap and refrigerating no longer than 24 hours. To bake from refrigerator, about 30 minutes before serving, heat oven to 400�F. Bake about 15 minutes or until puffed and golden.
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