Bacon Bread Bowl Dip Recipes

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.

CHEESY CARAMELIZED ONION BACON DIP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Place the bacon on a sheet pan fitted with a wire rack. Roast the bacon until crispy, about 20 minutes.
• Pour the bacon fat from the sheet pan into a large skillet and warm over medium-high heat. Add the onions to the skillet and cook, stirring frequently, for about 1 minute, then sprinkle in the garlic powder, ground mustard, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Reduce the heat to medium-low and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are browned, soft and caramelized, 30 to 45 minutes. Set aside.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Stir together the cream cheese, yogurt, mayonnaise, parsley, Worcestershire, 1/2 cup Cheddar, 1/2 cup Swiss and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt until completely combined. Stir in the warm onions.
• Cut the top of the boule off and hollow out the center. Place the boule on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Save the scooped out chunks of bread and cut the removed top into pieces to dip later.
• Fill the boule with the onion mixture and sprinkle the top with the remaining cheeses, holding back a tablespoon of each. Cut the bacon into 2-inch pieces and arrange them like the rays of the sun around the perimeter of the dip, then sprinkle the remaining cheese in the middle, overlapping the bacon to make an extra-cheesy center. Broil, watching closely to prevent burning, until the bacon is crisp and the cheese is melted beneath, about 2 minutes. Serve warm with crudites and reserved chunks of bread and use the bread bowl/bacon for dipping!

BACON AND BEER DIP

Steps:

• Break cheese into pieces and place in a microwave-safe bowl. Add 3 ounces beer. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir, then continue to cook in 30-second increments until cheese is melted. If dip is too thick, add more beer.
• Add crumbed bacon and green onion; stir to incorporate. Dip will thicken as it cools.

WARM BACON CHEESE SPREAD

Steps:

• Cut the top fourth off the loaf of bread; carefully hollow out the bottom, leaving a 1-in. shell. Cut the removed bread and top of loaf into cubes; set aside., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add the sour cream, cheddar cheese and Worcestershire sauce until blended; stir in bacon and onions. , Spoon into bread shell. Wrap in a piece of heavy-duty foil (about 24x17 in.). Bake at 325° for 1 hour or until heated through. Serve with crackers and reserved bread cubes.

OVEN-BAKED SPINACH DIP IN A BREAD BOWL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine cream cheese and mayonnaise in a large bowl and mix well. Add spinach, water chestnuts, bacon, Cheddar cheese, green onions, dill, garlic, seasoned salt, and pepper and stir until well combined.
• Cut off 1/2 to 1 inch off the the top of the Hawaiian bread to make a lid. Hollow out the rest of the bread to form a bowl. Make sure to leave a little layer of bread throughout the inside of the bowl and save the pieces for dipping. Fill the bowl with the dip and cover with the lid. Wrap in aluminum foil and place on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bread bowl and dip are thoroughly heated through, 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.

AWESOME CHEESE DIP IN BREAD BOWL

Steps:

• Hollow out top of bread for the"bowl".
• Save removed bread for other use.
• Mix together the cheese and other ingredients.
• Fill bread bowl.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes, until hot and bubbly.
• Serve hot.

BREAD BOWL BACON DIP

Steps:

• Cut the center out of the bread bowl. Mix ingredients together and put in the bread bowl. Top with leftover cheese and bacon bits and cover with foil.
• Bake at 350 until hot (usually about 45 minutes).
• Serve with crackers, or use the bread that was left over. It is also great to cut slices of the edge of the bowl with the bacon dip on it, since the bread is toasted!
• The number of servings is VERY approximate -- when I make it, it's usually a dip that we just set on the table at parties, and people come by and dip what they want.