Better with Bacon – Baked Bacon Blue Cheese Dip

Simple, easy, probably not good for you, but I am sure as heck thinkin’ it’s tasty!

Imagine this with some homemade potato chips…YUM! 

photo via Right Cuisine

Recipe after the jump…

Baked Bacon Blue Cheese Dip

You will need :

• Large, heavy skillet
• Electric mixer
• Medium bowl
• Medium baking dish with cover ( or use tin foil )

Ingredients:

• 8-10 slices bacon
• 1 pkg. cream cheese ( softened )
• 2 cloves garlic( peel and mince )
• 2 & 1/ 2 Tbsp fresh chives, chopped
• 4-5-0z blue cheese crumbles
• 1/4 cup half and half

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Fry bacon on medium, medium high until well done. Remove, and drain off excess grease. When cooled, crumble, set aside.
Saute garlic in the bacon grease for about a minute…no longer. Remove from grease.

Place cream cheese and half and half in bowl and mix until well blended. Add the chives, blue cheese crumbles. garlic and bacon and stir well ( by hand )
Place in baking dish, cover and bake about half an hour.

Remove from oven, let cool slightly and pour into serving dish.

Recipe from JoAnne Thomas at Right Cuisine

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