Mini Sausage Quiche Appetizers

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 1 cup butter, softened (can use margarine)
• 2 (3 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 6 ounces bulk italian sausage (such as jimmy dean's, use mild or spicy)
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper (use only if using milk sausage)
• 1/2-3/4 cup finely shredded swiss cheese (or as needed)
• 1 large green onion, minced (or use 2 tablespoons minced chives)
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup half-and-half cream
• fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese (or as needed)

Recipe

• 1 lightly grease 36 miniature muffin tins.
• 2 in a bowl beat butter with cream cheese and flour until smooth.
• 3 shape tablespoons of dough into balls.
• 4 press 1 ball into the bottom and up the sides of each greased muffin cup.
• 5 cover lightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate the tins until ready to fill.
• 6 in a skillet cook the sausage meat until no longer pink; drain fat and cool slightly.
• 7 divide the sausage meat into each prepared dough/muffin tin.
• 8 sprinkle a small amount of swiss cheese over the top of the sausage meat then some green onions over the cheese.
• 9 in a bowl whisk the eggs with cream and black pepper.
• 10 pour the egg mixture into each shell then sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.
• 11 bake at 375 degrees f for about 20-25 minutes or until browned.