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Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip

Name: Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 8 oz. cream cheese; 1 medium jalapeño pepper; Zest of 1 lemon; ½ teaspoon onion powder; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; ½ teaspoon kosher salt; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley leaves; 6 oz. cranberries; ¼ cup orange juice; ½ cup dark brown sugar; ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon; ¼ teaspoon ground ginger; 1 teaspoon orange zest; Jalapeño cream cheese; ½ cup cranberry sauce; Various dippers

Serves 810 mins prep0 mins cook

Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip is the perfect holiday appetizer to serve for any occasion or gathering. Made with simple ingredients and requiring no baking time, this easy cranberry appetizer is festive and the best balance of sweet, tart and spicy.

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What you need

tbsp fresh parsley leaves

tsp onion powder

cup orange juice

tsp ground ginger

tsp garlic powder

cup whole berry cranberry sauce

lemon zest

tsp kosher salt

tsp orange zest

tsp ground cinnamon

queso dip

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Instructions


1 Make the jalapeño cream cheese. Soften cream cheese, if you have not already. Place it into a large bowl. Add the chopped jalapeño, herbs, and salt and pepper. Mix together with a hand mixer or a rubber spatula until well-combined. Set aside.
2 Make the cranberry sauce. Throw all the ingredients together in a saucepan over the stove at medium heat. Cook them down until the cranberries burst. It won’t take more than 10 minutes. You can follow all the details in this recipe for one of our favorite cranberry sauces.
4 Assemble the dip. Spread the softened jalapeño cream cheese over a plate or a bowl. Top with dollop of cranberry sauce. Garnish with additional chopped parsley.
5 Serve with your favorite dippers at room temperature.

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