Dried Fruit Cheese Ball

Another recipe from Jean B. in Moorland. She brought it to my SIL when they had a wine tasting party this past Dec 07.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Yields: 1 cheese ball

Ingredients

• 2 (8 ounce)  cream cheese, room temp
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped dates
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped apricot
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped prune
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped raisins
• 1⁄2 cup  shredded cheddar cheese
• 1  teaspoon ground coriander
•  walnuts or  pecans, to roll on outside of ball

Directions

1. Mix everything together except nuts and roll into a ball.
2. Roll cheese ball into chopped nuts (about 1 cup)of your choice, walnuts or pecans.
3. Chill until ready to use.
4. Jean said the recipe called for 1- 8 ounce pack of cream cheese but she likes to use 2.