Savory Elevenses

Ingredients

• Devils on Horseback:
• 12 dates
• 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 12 almonds, toasted
• 4 slices bacon
• Cucumber Sandwiches:
• 8 slices white bread
• 1/2 cup cream cheese
• 1/2 English cucumber, thinly sliced
• Kosher salt and cracked black pepper

Directions

1. Heat your oven to 400 degrees. Tuck 1 almond and a few blue cheese crumbles into each date, then wind 1/3 slice of bacon around it. Set the dates on a baking sheet and roast until the bacon has crisped, about 8 minutes.
2. Trim the crusts from every slice of bread, then press each slice flat with a rolling pin. Coat 1 side of each bread slice evenly with cream cheese, lay cucumber slices over 4 pieces of bread, and add salt and pepper. Close the sandwiches with the remaining bread slices.
3. Slice the sandwiches into triangles, and bring them to the table beside the devils on horseback and a cup of strong black tea.