Best Baked Spinach Dip Loaf Recipes

BAKED SPINACH DIP LOAF

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Any round loaf works as a serving bowl for this cream-cheesy dip, with spinach, cheddar, water chestnuts and, yes, bacon. Scoop the dip with the extra bread and veggies-then eat the bowl! -Frieda Meding, Trochu, Alberta

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Appetizers

Time 1h50m

Yield 16 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

6 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled, divided
2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup mayonnaise
1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 can (8 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained and chopped
1-1/4 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
2 green onions, chopped, divided
1 garlic clove, minced
2 teaspoons dill weed
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 unsliced round loaf (1 pound) sourdough bread
Cucumber slices

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°. Reserve 1 tablespoon crumbled bacon for topping. Beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Stir in spinach, water chestnuts, 1 cup cheese, half of the green onions, garlic, seasonings and remaining bacon., Cut a 1-1/2-in. slice off top of bread. Hollow out the bottom, leaving a 1/2-in.-thick shell. Cut all removed bread into cubes for serving. Fill shell with dip. Wrap in heavy-duty foil, tenting foil over dip. Bake on a baking sheet 1-1/4 hours., Open foil carefully, allowing steam to escape. Sprinkle dip with remaining cheese and green onion and the reserved bacon. Bake until cheese is melted, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm with cucumber and cubed bread.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 254 calories, Fat 24g fat (9g saturated fat), Cholesterol 41mg cholesterol, Sodium 334mg sodium, Carbohydrate 5g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 6g protein.

BAKED SPINACH DIP LOAF

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I cut this recipe out of a magazine a long time ago, and finally pulled it out to make for a New Year's Eve get together. It is wonderful! I wish I hadn't waited so long!

Provided by Scrapbook Lori

Categories < 4 Hours

Time 1h50m

Yield 4 1/2 cups, 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 cup low-fat mayonnaise
1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts, drained and chopped
5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
1 green onion, chopped
2 teaspoons dill weed
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 loaf sourdough bread, unsliced round

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°F.
Beat cream cheese and mayo together in mixing bowl.
Stir in next nine remaining ingredients.
Cut a slice off top of bread; 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 baking sheet.
Bake for 75 - 90 minutes or until dip is heated through.
Open foil carefully.
Serve warm with bread cubes and vegetables.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 910.8, Fat 38.6, SaturatedFat 20.5, Cholesterol 107.6, Sodium 1332, Carbohydrate 111.1, Fiber 6.7, Sugar 9.1, Protein 32.3

BAKED SPINACH DIP LOAF RECIPE

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Any round loaf works as a serving bowl for this cream-cheesy dip, with spinach, cheddar, water chestnuts and, yes, bacon. Scoop the dip with the extra bread and veggies-then eat the bowl! -Frieda Meding, Trochu, Alberta

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

6 Jones Dairy Farm Dry-Aged Bacon strips, cooked and crumbled, divided
2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1 cup mayonnaise
1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 can (8 ounces) sliced water chestnuts, drained and chopped
1-1/4 cups (5 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese, divided
2 green onions, chopped, divided
1 garlic clove, minced
2 teaspoons dill weed
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 unsliced round loaf (1 pound) sourdough bread
Cucumber slices

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375°. Reserve 1 tablespoon crumbled bacon for topping. Beat cream cheese and mayonnaise until smooth. Stir in spinach, water chestnuts, 1 cup cheese, half of the green onions, garlic, seasonings and remaining bacon.
Cut a 1-1/2-in. slice off top of bread. Hollow out the bottom, leaving a 1/2-in.-thick shell. Cut all removed bread into cubes for serving. Fill shell with dip. Wrap in heavy-duty foil, tenting foil over dip. Bake on a baking sheet 1-1/4 hours.
Open foil carefully, allowing steam to escape. Sprinkle dip with remaining cheese and green onion and the reserved bacon. Bake until cheese is melted, 10-15 minutes. Serve warm with cucumber and cubed bread.
Yield: 16 servings (1/4 cup each).
Originally published as Baked Spinach Dip Loaf in Taste of Home
February/March 2002, p18
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