Goat Cheese Kisses

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon dried herbs (i like oregano or rosemary)
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed,to taste
• 8 sheets phyllo dough
• 6 ounces goat cheese
• scallion, minced (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat olive oil with herbs and garlic till warm (do not boil).
• 2 remove from heat and let steep for 15 minutes or so.
• 3 strain (not totally necessary) and cool completely.
• 4 mix cheese and scallion (if using) and set aside.
• 5 stack 4 phyllo sheets and cut into 12 inch squares.
• 6 (freeze the remainder for another use).
• 7 cut square into (9) 4 inch squares.
• 8 for each kiss, place one square (one layer) of phyllo on flat surface.
• 9 (cover the rest of the phyllo with a damp cloth as you work).
• 10 brush with the flavored oil, then add three more phyllo layers, brushing each layer with the delicious oil.
• 11 place about 2 teaspoons of the cheese in the center and pull all the corners together, pinching to enclose the cheese.
• 12 repeat procedure with the remaining 4 sheets of phyllo dough.
• 13 bake on an oiled cookie sheet or in an oiled mini muffin pan at 4oo degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.