Name: Cream Cheese Appetizers
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 6 grape tomatoes; 3 tablespoons cream cheese; 6 slices rye bread; 12 basil (stems); 6 basil (leaves); sea salt (to taste)

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These adorable Cream Cheese Appetizers with grape tomato hearts shaped like cherries are so charming and fun!

A slice of bread with cream cheese, topped with two heart-shaped tomato halves and a basil leaf, held by two hands.

Serve them to your favorite people on Valentine’s Day, birthdays, anniversaries, or other special occasions. Everyone will love the combination of soft cream cheese, sweet, juicy grape tomatoes, and peppery, fresh basil.

Slices of bread with cream cheese, topped with heart-shaped cherry tomatoes arranged like cherries, and garnished with fresh basil leaves.

Recipe Tip

Feel free to swap rye bread for brioche or sourdough toast, and use garlic or goat cheese instead of cream cheese for a flavorful variation.

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Servings: bites

Cream Cheese Appetizers

Rye bread appetizers topped with cream cheese and a grape tomato heart.

Prep: 20

Cook: 0

Total: 20

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Equipment

heart cookie cutter

Ingredients

Instructions

Use the heart cutter to shape the bread.
Top the bread with cream cheese.
Halve the grape tomatoes at a slant.
Slice each half through the middle.
Turn the two sets of halves around and match them together to resemble hearts.
Place the hearts on the broadest part of the bread.
Use basil stems for the cherry stems and top with a basil leaf.
Sprinkle sea salt on top, and enjoy.

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Nutrition

Calories: 112kcal, Carbohydrates: 17g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 7mg, Sodium: 217mg, Potassium: 107mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 305IU, Vitamin C: 3mg, Calcium: 34mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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