Bacon Party Dip In A Bread Bowl Food

CHEESE AND BACON DIP

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a non stick skillet / fry pan over high heat until browned. Transfer to paper towel lined plate to drain.
• Mix cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream and garlic powder together in a heat proof bowl.
• Stir through most of the bacon, all the cheese and most of the shallots. Microwave on high for 3 minutes. The dip may look like the oil from the cheese has separated. Just stir well and it will come (and stay) together.
• If serving as is, pour into a serving bowl, top with remaining bacon and shallots.
• Serve with crackers, chips and the bread you pulled out to create the bread bowl (I toast it).

BACON-TOMATO DIP IN A BREAD BOWL

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Stir in the tomato, bacon, basil and pepper. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour., Cut a 1-1/2-in. thick slice off the top of bread; set aside. Carefully hollow out loaf, leaving a 1/2-in. shell. Cut removed bread into cubes. Fill bread shell with dip. Serve with bread cubes and crackers.

BACON PARTY DIP IN A BREAD BOWL

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a skillet until crisp; drain on paper towels. Crumble bacon and set aside.
• Carefully cut the center from the loaf of bread to form a bowl for the dip. Cut the removed bread into cubes to use for dipping.
• In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, sour cream, white cheddar cheese, spinach, red onions, garlic powder, parsley, dill weed and salt with a hand mixer until well blended.
• Stir the crumbled cooked bacon into the dip.
• Spoon the dip into the bread bowl. Serve with the bread cubes. You can also set out crackers and/or cut vegetables to serve with the bacon dip.

BACON BOWLS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 425 F. In a muffin pan , line the bottom of the pan with bacon, then go around the muffin pan with a layer of bacon. Repeat till all the bacon is in the pan. Bake until slightly crisp.
• 2. Set aside to cool and Bacon cups are completely cool.. when cooled add shredded roman lettuce and sliced cherry tomatos.

BACON PARTY DIP

Steps:

• 1. Mix first seven ingredients together and put into the hollowed out bread loaf. Bake at 350 degrees uncovered for one hour. Serve with leftover bread or chips.