Roasted Pumpkin Mini Sweet Peppers Appetizer
Easy entertaining: Be prepared, by picking up a bag of peppers at Costco, along with goat cheese and pumpkin butter. You’re set for an easy appetizer!
Ingredients
- 1 dozen mini sweet peppers, red, orange, and yellow
- 4 oz semi-soft goat cheese, cream cheese works, too.
- Salt and fresh ground black pepper
- 1/3 cup pumpkin butter, I buy at Trader Joe's
- Fresh thyme, about 1 Tbsp. fresh, plus more for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare the peppers by slicing off the “top” (concave) side of the peppers, leaving the stem.
- Scoop out the seeds and the membrane.
- Combine the softened goat cheese with pumpkin butter and a dash of salt and pepper. Mix in fresh thyme (about 1 Tbsp. fresh).
- Spoon the pumpkin goat cheese into the peppers.
- Arrange the peppers on a baking sheet that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
- Bake for around 15-18 minutes,until peppers are softened and cheese is hot and bubbly; Serve!