Warm Skillet Crab Dip In A Sourdough Bread Bowl Food

CRAB DIP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Add cream cheese to a mixing bowl and beat until smooth. Stir in mayo, sour cream, garlic, green onion, Old Bay seasoning, salt, Worcestershire, and lemon juice.
• Add ¾ cup cheddar cheese and hot sauce and mix until smooth. Stir in crab meat.
• Spread into a 9″ pie dish or similar size baking pan and sprinkle remaining cheddar cheese on top. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the top is golden and bubbly.
• Serve warm, with slices of sourdough bread, crackers, tortilla chips or chopped cold veggies.
• Leftover crab dip will keep, stored covered in the fridge, for up to 5 days. Rewarm in the microwave.

BAKED CRAB DIP

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sour cream; mix well. Fold in crab, cheese and onions. Cut the top third off each loaf of bread; carefully hollow out bottoms, leaving 1-in. shells. Cube removed bread and tops; set aside. Spoon crab mixture into bread bowls. Place on baking sheets. Place reserved bread cubes in a single layer around bread bowls. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° until the dip is heated through, 45-50 minutes. Garnish with green onions if desired. Serve with assorted fresh vegetables, crackers or toasted bread cubes.

HOT CRAB DIP IN BREAD BOWL

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix until creamy: cream cheese, milk, mayonnaise, horseradish, crab meat and Old Bay. Bake in an 8X12 pan at 350 for 35-40 minutes.
• Cut out top of bread loaf. Scoop inside of loaf and tear to make dipping pieces.
• Fill hollowed loaf with cooked mixture and top with shredded cheese, then sprinkle additional desired amount of Old Bay over cheese. Bake filled bread bowl for 45 minutes or until cheese is melted.
• Serve hot with bread pieces.

CRAB DIP IN A BREAD BOWL

Steps:

• If you purchase bakery round bread, omit the next few steps.
• BREAD BOWL:Mix both bread mixes together according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Let rise until double in bulk.
• With non-stick cooking spray, spray the inside of a 9" or 1" springform pan.
• Knead dough and place in pan, pressing down as evenly flat as possible.
• Let rise 1 to 2 hours until dough reaches the top of the pan.
• Bake about 50-65 minutes at 350 degrees, until completely cooked.
• Run knife around edge of loaf, and let cool completely.
• Remove outer pan rim.
• Cut a thin top layer from the bread and remove most of the bread inside, leaving a"shell" of bread to form your bowl.
• Place bread on serving tray (large enough to hold crackers or bread cubes around it).
• DIP:In mixer, mix cream cheese with all other ingredients except chili sauce and crab.
• When well blended, add chili sauce and mix until blended.
• Gently stir in crab meat.
• Spoon into shallow baking dish and bake until warm in the center.
• Cool until not hot to the touch.
• Spoon crab dip into bread bowl on serving tray; sprinkle bacon and almonds on top, and surround with assorted crackers and a few sprigs of greenery for garnish.