Recipe - Jack O Lantern Cheese Ball

2 cup Shredded Cheddar cheese
One fourth cup Solid pack pumpkin
One fourth cup Pineapple preserves
One fourth teaspoon Ground allspice
One fourth teaspoon Ground nutmeg
1 lg Pretzel rod, broken in half
One half 8 0z pkg cream cheese
Dark rye bread
Red pepper
Black olive slices
Parsley sprigs

Beat cheses, pumpkin, preserves and spices in medium bowl until smooth.
Cover refrigerate 23 hours until cheese is firm enough to shape.
Shape mixture into round pumpkin, place on serving plate.Using a knife,
score vertical lines down pumpkin. Place pretzel rod in top for stem.
Cut bread into triangles for eyes, cut red pepper into triangle , for
nose, and cut olives in half to make the mouth. Surround with parsley
Formatted for MM by Jeannie Allen

Posted to MMRecipes Digest by "Robert Ellis" rpearson@snowcrest.net on
Oct 3, 1998