[recipe] Witch's Cauldron Spinach Dip ~ a heated one

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This is a Halloween favorite... hence the name. It is a nice

warm version of the regular spinach dips.

You can skip the bread bowl here, too. Just put the dip in

a small baking casserole, and cover with the foil during the heating

process, and I doubt it will need half the cooking time as it does

with the bread " cauldron " so watch it.

 

Witch's Cauldron Spinach Dip

 

2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened

1 cup mayonnaise

1 package (10 oz) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 can (8oz) water chestnuts, drained and chopped

1 green onion, chopped

2 tsp dill weed

1 garlic clove, minced

1/2 tsp seasoned salt

1/8 tsp pepper

1 unsliced round loaf (1 pound) sourdough or rye bread

raw vegetables

 

In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese and mayonnaise.

Stir in the next eight ingredients. Cut a 1 1/2 inch slice

off top of loaf; set aside. Carefully hollow out bottom,

leaving a 1/2 inch shell. Cube removed bread and set aside.

Fill the shell with spinach dip; replace top. Wrap in heavy-duty

foil; place on a baking sheet.

 

Bake at 375 for 1 and 1/2 hours or until the dip is heated

through. Open the foil carefully. Serve warm with bread cubes

and raw veggies.

Yield: 4 1/2 cups dip.

 

~ PT ~

 

Who can mistake great thoughts?

They seize upon the mind; arrest and search,

And shake it; bow the tall soul as by wind;

Rush over it like a river over reeds.

~ Philip James Bailey