Hot Dip And Other Holiday Appetizer Favorites

It's really simple to make. It kind of reminds me of that cheese ball made with cream cheese and chipped beef and green onions and then rolled in ground pecans. Only you don't have to form this into a ball and it's served all hot and gooey. An improvement, if you ask me. Well, okay. You didn't ask me, but I have the keyboard here. You just mix together cream cheese, sour cream, onion flakes, garlic salt, finely chopped green pepper, and dried or chipped beef (whatever you wanna call it, it's that cheap stuff that I usually find in 2 oz packages by the bologna in the grocery).

Spread the mixture into a baking dish. I like to choose one that's attractive enough to take to a party, since the dish that I bake this in is also the dish that it is served in.

Melt half a stick of butter and pour it over the top of the dip.

Top with 1/4 to 1/2 cups of finely chopped pecans and bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

It should be bubbly around the edges when it's finished. Okay, so in addition to having a lackluster name, it isn't pretty either.

But it sure is good! Within a few hours of taking it out of the oven, here is my casserole dish...nearly scraped clean!

Hot Dip (for Triscuits)

Add first 6 ingredients to a bowl. Mix until combined. Spread into a baking dish. Pour melted butter over the top of the cream cheese mixture. Sprinkle with pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Serve with Triscuit crackers.

Here are some more of my favorite appetizer recipes to serve during the holidays:

Spicy Cheeseburger Dip

Bacon and Tomato Cheese Toasts

Cajun Seafood Garlic Bread

Bacon Wrapped Water Chestnuts

Cheddar Beef Pull Apart Bread

Prosciutto Pinwheels

Ham and Cheese Crescents

Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!