Friends Of Elsie

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350? F. Line a cookie sheet with foil or parchment paper and lightly spray it with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.

2. Using a 1.5 – 2-inch flower-shaped cookie cutter, cut 2 – 3 flowers out of each tortilla. Place on the prepared cookie sheet and spray tops of each cutout lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Bake for 5 to 7 minutes. Carefully remove pan from oven and cool tortillas for 5 minutes.

3. While tortillas are baking, cut each slice of Applewood Bacon Cheddar Singles SensationsTM cheese into flower shapes using the same cookie cutter used for the tortillas. Set aside.

4. With a small ½-inch flower-shaped pastry or fondant cutter, cut out 12 tiny flowers from the red bell pepper. Cut the green bell peppers into 12 long strips to create flower stems and cut 24 oval shapes to create 2 leaves for each stem. Set aside until ready to use.

5. Spread baked and cooled tortilla flowers with ½ teaspoon of refried black beans. Top each with a flower-shaped cheese slice, and place a tiny flower-shaped red bell pepper in the center of each flower. Return cookie sheet to oven and bake for 5 to 7 minutes or until cheese begins to melt. Carefully remove from oven.

6. To serve, place each Cheesy Flower Nacho on plate and decorate with the prepared green bell pepper stem and leaves. Serve immediately.

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