So in my quest to be “healthier” I found this twist of the traditional FRIED cheese wontons. It was only a minor change, I BAKED them! I had wonton wrappers in the fridge for the Pot Stickers that are on my list to make… I knew I wouldn’t need them all, and with the Orange Chicken I was making for dinner tonight I really wanted wontons (they are one of my fav appetizers). I’m glad I ran across this, they were delish!
Source: SparkRecipes
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/4 tsp. garlic salt
2 green onions, chopped top to bottom
16 wonton wrappers
Pam cooking spray
Preheat oven to 400. Mix together cream cheese, garlic salt, and green onions. Place about 1/2 tsp. cream cheese mixture in the center of a wonton wrapper. Wet your finger with water and moisten the edges of the wrapper. Fold wonton in half to make a triangle, sealing the cream in the wonton well. Moisten one corner of the wonton with more water. Bring the bottom edges of the wonton together, overlapping slightly. Repeat for the rest of the wontons. Place wontons on a nonstick cookie sheet sprayed with Pam. Spray wontons with a bit of Pam to help them brown. Bake for 7-12 minutes or until brown and crispy.
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What type of sauce do you use for your wontons?
I just buy the pre-made sweet and sour sauce at the grocery store! I think it’s made my La Choy (or something like that)!
I tried these for the Super Bowl and they were a hit. Thanks for the great recipe!!
I found you recipe recently & was really excited to try it. I followed the cooking time/temp, allowed there to be some open edges for the air to escape, & sprayed them up with Pam- and they exploded! The bottoms popped holes in them & the wrappers never browned. What did I do wrong??
Katie! I’m sorry they didn’t work for you… I don’t really understand why, since you followed the directions. The only thing I can think of is they may have been overstuffed with filling. As far as the wrappers browning, maybe you didn’t use enough spray?! Not sure! Give them another chance – they are SO yummy – and let me know how round 2 turns out for you! Good luck.. and let me know if I can be of any other help
I had the same thing happen to me after having made them successfully another time before. I had changed the wrappers I used and bought a generic brand of cream cheese (reduced fat). I have since switched back to the other wrappers and back to Philadelphia’s cream cheese (original). They were successful!
I would suggest trying a different wrapper, I’m pretty sure that was the issue. Happy baking!
Thanks for commenting! That is so helpful to know!!!
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Thank you soooo much, this is by far already a family fav and I only made them once!
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