take the 8 oz cream cheese block out of the package and place it directly onto wax or parchment paper. its ideal to have the cream cheese on its way to room temperature so that its easy to work with and mold. use your hands to mold the cream cheese into a bone shape. if that grosses you out, you can use surgical gloves to protect your hands, or place a piece of plastic wrap over it to act as a barrier. start by squeezing the middle so it is thinner and working your way outward leaving the ends more bulbous. round them out and put a dent on each end to make it look like a femur bone.
to transfer the bone it gets a bit tricky. i recommend popping this into the refrigerator for a few minutes to firm up again before transferring it to your serving platter. once it is firm, you will want to flip it into your hand and then flip it again onto your platter to keep the top side up – as if you were removing a cake from a cake pan if that makes sense. next, pour the pepper jelly around the bone or on a portion of it to represent the ‘guts’ and then arrange the crackers around it.
Ingredients
Directions
take the 8 oz cream cheese block out of the package and place it directly onto wax or parchment paper. its ideal to have the cream cheese on its way to room temperature so that its easy to work with and mold. use your hands to mold the cream cheese into a bone shape. if that grosses you out, you can use surgical gloves to protect your hands, or place a piece of plastic wrap over it to act as a barrier. start by squeezing the middle so it is thinner and working your way outward leaving the ends more bulbous. round them out and put a dent on each end to make it look like a femur bone.
to transfer the bone it gets a bit tricky. i recommend popping this into the refrigerator for a few minutes to firm up again before transferring it to your serving platter. once it is firm, you will want to flip it into your hand and then flip it again onto your platter to keep the top side up – as if you were removing a cake from a cake pan if that makes sense. next, pour the pepper jelly around the bone or on a portion of it to represent the ‘guts’ and then arrange the crackers around it.