Easy Cheese Ball

As promised, here is the Cheese Ball recipe I brought to Alyssa's shower.  Julia told me about it and it is from allrecipes.com.  It is super easy and would be a great appetizer before a holiday meal.

INGREDIENTS:

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1 (1 ounce) package ranch dressing mix

2 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

DIRECTIONS:

1.

In a medium size bowl, mash cream cheese. Mix dressing mix and Cheddar cheese into the cream cheese. Shape the mixture into a ball. Roll the ball in the chopped nuts. Refrigerate covered until ready to serve. Yum! **This make a rather large cheese ball, so you could make the recipe and make two smaller balls and freeze one for later**