Southwestern Stuffed Appetizers

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 loaf frozen bread dough, thawed (or rolls or honey wheat rolls)
• 1 cup cooked ground beef or 1 cup ground turkey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
• 1/4 cup sliced black olives
• 1/4 cup canned drained chili beans or 1/4 cup pinto beans
• 1/4 cup finely chopped yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro
• yellow cornmeal (optional)

Recipe

• 1 if using loaf of dough, divide into 16 pieces.
• 2 in a medium size bowl, combine all remaining ingredients except for the cornmeal.
• 3 mix well. set aside.
• 4 sprinkle your rolling board with cornmeal.
• 5 flatten each piece of dough on cornmeal surface into a circle 2-3-inches in diameter.
• 6 fill with 2 tablespoons of filling.
• 7 fold dough over, seal edges.
• 8 place on a greased cookie sheet which has been dusted with cornmeal. place appetizers 1-2-inches apart.
• 9 bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes.
• 10 the recipe may be doubled or tripled.
• 11 these appetizers are great made ahead of time then frozen after baking and cooling.