• Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare sausage, bell pepper and mushrooms.
• Press wonton wrappers to form ‘stars’ into the cups of two muffin tins.
• Bake wrappers for five minutes.
• Mix browned meat, bell pepper, black olives, cheese and ranch dressing in a large bowl.
• Remove wonton wraps from oven.
• Leave wontons in muffin pan.
• Place a mound of filling mixture into each wonton star.
• Return to oven and bake for 5 minutes. Serve warm.

Variations:

* Replace sausage with cooked, 2 cups chopped chicken or taco meat or chopped cooked shrimp.

** Replace mushrooms with olives, or rice, if desired.

Baker’s Secrets: Leftover baked wonton wrappers can be filled with pudding and topped with berries and a spritz of cream for easy dessert tartlets.