Cream Cheese And Jam Open Sandwiches

Ingredients

• bread (white or brown)
• butter
• cream cheese
• jam or jelly
• stuffed olives
• pimiento
• hard-cooked eggs (optional)
• parsley (optional)
• cream (for thinning cheese)
• paprika (for dusting)

Method

1. 1 Cut bread into desired shapes (round, diamond, etc.) using fancy cutters.
2. 2 Spread bread slices with butter, then layer with cream cheese, jam, or jelly.
3. 3 Decorate with sliced stuffed olives, pimiento strips, or piped cream cheese rosettes.
4. 4 For crackers, thin cream cheese with cream, pipe rosettes onto wafers, and dust with paprika.