New Year's Eve Appetizers with Jalapenos: Hashbrown cups, a cheese ball, and wontons

Ep 9: New Year's Eve Appetizers with Jalapenos, Hashbrown cups, A cheese ball, and wontons. Happy New Years! Enjoy your celebration with appetizers!

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Cheddar Hash Brown Potato Jalapeno Bites
Ingredients: 1 (30 oz) package frozen shredded-style hasbrowns, thawed
8 oz can of diced hot jalapenos, undrained
2 c. shredded mild cheddar cheese
2/3 c. finely chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
Optional: add meat pepperoni slices, crumbled cooked bacon, or pieces of deli ham to all or half of the recipe as desired
Instructions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine all ingredients in large bowl and stir well. Spray a mini muffin pan with cooking spray. Press mixture firmly into cups, add more until flush with top. Bake at 400 degrees for 46-50 minutes. Serve.

Jalapeno Chia and Pumpkin See Cheese Ball
Ingredients: 12 ounces cream cheese in block form, softened
1/2 c. shredded pepper jack cheese
1/2 c. grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. minced garlic
1 banana pepper
2 jalapeno peppers
1/4 c. honey roasted pumpkin seeds (or pepitas)
2-4 sleeves crackers
Instructions: Combine softened cream cheese with pepper jack cheese, Parmesan cheese, and minced garlic. Stir and mash with a fork to mix thoroughly. Add banana pepper and jalapeno pepper to a food processor and grind into small pieces, almost pureed. Stir peppers into cheese mixture with a fork, stirring and mashing a fork to incorporate into cheese. Crush 1/4 c. pumpkin seeds. Roll cheese ball in crushed seeds. Serve with crackers.

Jalapeno Pumpkin & Chia Seed Wontons
Ingredients: 1 (8 oz.) block of cream cheese, softened
2 fresh jalapeno peppers
1/4 c. honey-roasted pumpkin seeds (or pepitas)
1 Tbsp. chia seeds
3 1/2 dozen (12 oz. package of 42) wonton wraps
3 Tbsp. olive oil
1 Tbsp. water
Instructions: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Cut jalapenos and scoop out seeds as desired. Grate jalapenos with a cheese grater for about 1/4 c. shredded jalapenos. Add peppers to cheese and stir. Crush pumpkin seeds. Add to cheese and jalapeno mixture. Add chia seeds and stir and mash with a fork to mix thoroughly. Add 1 tsp. cheese mixture to center of wonton wrap (make 5-6 at once for ease of preparation). Brush all edges with water. Fold wonton warp in half to make a triangle. Press edges to seal. Brush one side of wonton with olive oil. Flip it over and brush the other side with oil. Fold in all three points to the triangle to make a pouch or envelope. Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 11-12 minutes until the edges of the wonton wrap are golden. Serve on a platter with pumpkin seeds sprinkled throughout.

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