Shelly's Recipe

PARTY OLIVE SANDWICH ROLLS

Category: Cold

24 slices thin sandwich bread
1 (8-oz) pkg cream cheese, very soft
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 cup finely diced olives (green or black or a mixture of both, can use pimiento-stuffed olives)
1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
Ground black pepper and salt to taste

Slice the crusts off from each slice of bread. Flatten the slices using a rolling pin. Hand-squeeze or pat dry any excess moisture from the chopped olives.

In a bowl combine the cream cheese with mayonnaise and garlic powder until smooth and well combined. Mix in the olives and pecans, then season with black pepper and a small amount of salt if desired.

Spread about 2 tbsp of the cream cheese mixture on one side of each bread slice, then roll up tightly. Place a piece of plastic wrap fairly tightly around each roll. Chill the rolls for at least 5 hours. Remove the plastic wrap and slice each roll into 4 even slices.