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Lazy Girl’s Guide: 5 Time-Saving Appetizers

With only three ingredients and major flavor, blogger Bree Hester's easy recipes are sure to have your guests raving.

Lazy Girl's Apps

Photos: Baked Bree 


The holidays are a time to enjoy friends and family, not sweat over a hot oven. This year look like Ina Garten, but prep like a lazy girl with recipes from the blogger behind Baked Bree. Your guests won't be able to tell that these recipes are as simple as one-two-three. Shhh, it'll be our little secret!






1. Marinated Olives and Feta on Toasted Lavash


marinated olives and feta on toasted lavash


Ingredients:
1 cup marinated olives
Feta block
Whole wheat lavash


Directions:
Buy pitted olives that have been marinated in oil as this will flavor your feta. Finely chop the olives and toss into a bowl. Cut the feta into small cubes, and add to the olives. Mix well. Cover and chill until ready to use. Cut lavash into triangles and toast before serving.


olive, feta, lavash before


olive, feta, lavash after






2. Prosciutto and Garlic-Herb Cheese Crackers



Ingredients:
1 box sea salt crackers
1 container garlic and herb cheese spread
1 package prosciutto 


Directions:
Spread garlic-herb cheese on the surface of a cracker. Top with a half of a slice of prosciutto. Bask in your culinary prowess.








3. Bacon-Wrapped Water Chestnuts



Ingredients:
1 package bacon
2 cans whole water chestnuts
1/2 cup brown sugar


Directions:  Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Slice the package of bacon in half, easily cutting all the bacon at once. Roll a piece of bacon around a water chestnut, and secure with a toothpick. Sprinkle brown sugar liberally over the bacon. Bake for 20 to 30 minutes or until the bacon is cooked thoroughly and the sugar has caramelized.


Tip! Purchase a disposable foil pans for easy clean up, because you'll definitely want to make two batches of these. Umm, bacon!  








4. Cream Cheese Pepper Jelly Puffs



Ingredients:
1 box puff pastry, thawed
1/2 block cream cheese
1/4 cup red pepper jelly


Directions:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Unroll the puff pastry and cut into squares, approximately 2 inches wide. Put about a teaspoon of cream cheese in the center. Top with 1/2 teaspoon pepper jelly. Fold sides up to touch the center. Bake for 15 to 20 minute, or until golden and puffed.








5. Sun-Dried Tomato Pizzettes



Ingredients:
Crostini crackers
Marinated sun-dried tomatoes
Small mozzarella balls (also called bocconcini)
Basil (optional fourth ingredient)


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut tomatoes into strips. Cut bocconcini in half. Top a crostini with tomatoes and a piece of cheese. Bake for about 8 to 10 minutes or until the cheese has melted. Sprinkle with chopped basil to up your classy points by about a million.






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