Mississippi Sin Dip!!!

If you need something wonderful for game day, card night, movie night or whatever the occasion, this "Mississippi Sin Dip" is a must try!!!   This stuff is delicious!!!  

I am not sure where the name came from, but I am pretty sure it's because it's sinfully yummy!!! 

This is great for parties, because you can prep it beforehand and then bake it right before your guests arrive!!!  

Here is what you will need:

1 (8oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened to room temperature

1  1/2 cups sour cream

1/2 cup mayonnaise
1 tsp. garlic powder
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbs. Frank's or Texas Pete wing sauce
2 cups sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 cup diced deli ham
1 round bread loaf
3-4 green onions, sliced, including the green tops
assorted crackers, tortilla chips, or Frito scoops for dipping

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

In a mixing bowl beat the cream cheese with an electric mixer until it's smooth and fluffy.  Add the sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic powder, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce and mix well.  Stir in the cheddar cheese and ham.

With a serrated knife hollow out the bread, creating a bowl to hold the dip.  Don't make the shell too thin so it's substantial enough.   I like to use King's Hawaiin Bread, but you could use any thick, round or oval shaped bread you like.  French bread works well also.  Save the chunks of bread you cut out to use dipping!  

Place the bread bowl on a baking sheet.  Fill the bread bowl with the dip mixture!  Wrap it in aluminum foil and place in the oven for 40 minutes.  Remove the foil and place back in the oven for about 5 - 10 minutes!!  Be careful to not let the bread get too dark. 

Remove from the oven and sprinkle the top with the green onions!!! Place the bread chunks around the dip bowl to use for dipping along with crackers and chips!!!  This always disappears fast!  Enjoy! 

Baked Bacon Cheese Dip in a Bread Bowl!

This is a yummy concoction of cheeses mixed together with bacon and baked in the oven in a hollowed out bread bowl.  It goes together easy enough, but does require some time to bake. You can serve this with chunks of bread, bagel crisps, or my favorite is tortilla chips.

This would be perfect for your Super Bowl Party.   I like to garnish the top with some chopped green onion and some extra bacon.   This is what you will need:

1 round loaf of bread (I used the King's Hawaiian Bread)
8 oz. cream cheese, softened ( I used light cream cheese and it works fine)
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup sour cream
2 cups cheddar or a cheddar Monterrey jack blend, shredded
1 Tbs. dry Ranch dressing mix
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
dash of Tabasco sauce (to your taste)
6-7 strips of bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
1/4 cup green onions, sliced with some of the green blades

Hollow out the bread bowl, leaving a good amount for a shell.  Place it on a large sheet of foil, on a heavy cookie sheet or pizza pan.

Blend the softened cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, ranch dressing mix, Tabasco sauce and garlic powder until it's smooth.  You can probably just do this with a spoon unless the cream cheese is not soft and then you will need a mixer.  Mix in the shredded cheddar cheese and all of the bacon crumbles except for about 2 or 3 strips for the top. 

Pour into the bread bowl. Cover with the foil and place in the oven at 375 degrees for 1 hour.  Take the foil off the top and bake for about 15 more minutes.  

Garnish with the rest of the bacon and green onions!

Baked Bacon Cheese Dip in a Bread Bowl!