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My Grandma passed away at the age of 94. She was a wonderful cook and I was lucky enough to inherit her recipes. Many date back to the 1940s and 50s. Grandma prepared them in a charming country kitchen with no running water and most of her produce came from her garden, not from the grocery store. These are made-from-scratch recipes. I wish I had spent more time with her in the kitchen and . . . I wish I had spent more time with her for so many other reasons.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Bacon Dip

Bacon - who doesn't like bacon?  I think it's universally loved.  Serve this bread dip at your next get-together and you'll have everyone asking for the recipe.

8 oz cream cheese (softened)
6 green onions (sliced into 1/4" pieces)
4 oz sour cream
1 (1 lb) round loaf of sour dough, rye, pumpernickel or Hawaiian bread
1 lb hickory smoked bacon (fried, drained, and crumbled)
4 oz can of chopped green chiles

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Fry bacon until crisp.  Drain, and then crumble - set aside.
Cut top off bread to form a cover.  Remove bread inside load, leaving a 1/2" shell of bread.  Cut removed bread into 1" cubes.
Beat together cream cheese, sour cream, chiles and onions.  Stir in bacon.  Spoon mixture into bread and replace bread top.  Wrap bread in heavy foil and bake 1 1/4 hours.  Serve the bread with bread cubes for dipping.

There will be enough dip for two loaves of bread.  Cut one whole loaf into cubes to dip.

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