Cheese Stuffed Chicken Drumsticks

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients

1/3 cup shredded Swiss cheese
3 Tablespoons Romano or Parmesan cheese
1 pkg (3 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 Tablespoon dry bread crumbs
1-1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1/4 teaspoon pepper
8 chicken drumsticks (about 2 pounds)
1 Tablespoon margarine or butter, melted

Directions:

Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease rack of broiler pan. Mix cheeses, bread crumbs and seasonings.

Beginning at wide end of drumstick, carefully separate skin from chicken, leaving skin attached at narrow end of bone. Fill opening with about 1 Tablespoon cheese mixture. Place chicken on rack in broiler pan. Brush with margarine.

Bake uncovered about 50 minutes or until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut.

Recipe courtesy of Betty Crocker's Complete Chicken Cookbook

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