Party Cheese Ball

Ingredients

• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 jar dried chipped beef, shredded
• 1 cup grated sharp Cheddar cheese
• 1 small onion, finely diced
• 1 small green pepper, finely diced
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, optional

Directions

Toast pecans in skillet in butter; don?t over brown; cool. Blend cream cheese and sour cream. Toss remaining ingredients together and blend into creamed mixture. Form mixture into ball and roll in pecans. Serve with crackers.