CHEDDAR PECAN STUFFED MUSHROOMS

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In my husband's family, we have a tradition of making a variety of appetizers as our meal for Christmas Eve. My sister-in-law brought these one year and they have been one of our favorites ever since. I don't generally use the large stuffing mushrooms, though you can if you're serving this as a first or second course in a formal dinner. Instead I use regular button mushrooms so 15 or so people can have two or three each.

Provided by Teressa DeJong Drenth

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Vegetable Mushrooms Stuffed Mushroom Recipes

Time 55m

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 9

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Ingredients

1 pound fresh button mushrooms
½ cup butter
1 cup finely chopped green onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 ½ cups soft bread crumbs
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
½ cup finely chopped pecans
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Remove and finely chop stems from mushrooms.
Melt butter in a large skillet over low heat; brush mushroom caps with melted butter and place onto a baking sheet. Raise heat to medium; cook and stir chopped mushroom stems, green onion, and garlic in the butter remaining in the skillet for 3 minutes. Lightly stir bread crumbs, Cheddar cheese, pecans, salt, and black pepper into the mixture. Generously fill the mushroom caps with stuffing, piling it high.
Bake in the preheated oven until stuffing is hot, the cheese has melted, and mushrooms are cooked through, 20 to 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 131.5 calories, Carbohydrate 4.6 g, Cholesterol 24.2 mg, Fat 11.5 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 3.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.7 g, Sodium 201.2 mg, Sugar 1 g