Ham and Cheese RITZ Butterfly

Name: Ham and Cheese RITZ Butterfly
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 12 cracker-sized sliced Colby-Jack cheese; 12 RITZ Crackers; 3 slices deli-style smoked ham, quartered; 2 tsp. Dijon mustard; 6 green onion pieces (1 inch), quartered lengthwise

Create beautiful butterfly appetizers for a wedding or baby shower out of ham and cheese cracker bites with just a little imagination - plus mustard and green onion.

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Servings:

Makes 3 servings, 4 topped crackers each.

Ingredient list

12 cracker-sized sliced Colby-Jack cheese
12 RITZ Crackers
3 slices deli-style smoked ham, quartered
2 tsp. Dijon mustard
6 green onion pieces (1 inch), quartered lengthwise

Directions

Cut cheese slices into flower shapes using 1-1/2-inch flower-shaped cookie cutter. Reserve scraps for snacking or other use.

Top each cracker with 1 ham piece and 1 flower to resemble a butterfly and its wings.

Spoon strip of mustard down center of cheese piece on each cracker for the butterfly's body. Add 2 green onion pieces to each for the antennae.

Recipe Tips

Substitute
Prepare using your favorite variety of cracker-sized sliced cheese, such as cheddar or Swiss.
Make it Easy
Spoon mustard into small resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Cut small piece off one bottom corner of bag. Use to squeeze small strip of mustard onto each cracker for the butterfly's body.