Almond Pine Cone Cheese Ball - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/4 c. whole roasted almonds (unsalted)
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
1/2 c. mayonnaise
5 crisply cooked bacon slices, crumbled
1 Tbsp. chopped dried chives
1/2 tsp. dill weed
1/8 tsp. pepper

Preparation

Combine all ingredients but almonds; mix well.
Cover; chill overnight.
Form cheese mixture into shapes of 2 pine cones on serving platter.
Beginning at narrow end, press almonds at slight angle into cheese mixture in rows.
Continue overlapping rows until cheese is covered with appearance of pine cones.