Ingredients
Ingredients:
1 - tub (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Chive & Onion Cream Cheese Spread or your favorite savory cheese spread, at room temperature
2 - boxes OSCAR MAYER Ready to Serve Bacon
12 - regular sliced white, wheat, potato or your favorite bread, crust removed
No-stick cooking spray
Toothpicks
Sheet pans or Disposable ridged aluminum foil pans
Optional: *Iceberg, Romaine or your favorite crisp lettuce
Preparation
Preparation: Remove crust from bread. Cut each slice of bread in half and flatten with the palm of your hand. Spread the center of each flattened piece of bread with cream cheese spread. Roll bread (cream cheese spread inside) to form the bite and then wrap each rolled bite down the middle firmly with one slice of ready to serve bacon. Secure the end of the bacon with a toothpick inserted into each bite.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Very lightly coat sheet pan(s) with no-stick cooking spray and place Cheesy Bacon Bites on pan(s). Bake until bacon is crisp 8 to 14 minutes. Remove crisp bites from sheet pan(s), arrange on platter and serve immediately.
Watch these as they bake since oven cooking temperatures vary.
Presentation: *A ‘show stopper’ presentation is making little lettuce cups and placing each bite into its own lettuce cup to serve. The cold lettuce and the hot cheesy bite are a perfect mix.
Make Ahead: Bites can be assembled, covered tightly and stored in the refrigerator up to a day ahead. Bring to room temperature before baking.
