Pepperoni Pizza Dip

You have just got to try this easy dip the next time someone tells you that you can bring an appetizer to a pot luck.  It is cheap, goes together in an instant, and everyone loves it.  Especially teenagers.  It tastes just like pizza, really.

Pepperoni Pizza Dip

8 oz. cream cheese, softened

½ cup sour cream

1 tsp oregano (or Penzey’s Pasta Sprinkle)

¼ tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp crushed red pepper

½ cup pizza sauce

½ cup or more diced pepperoni sausage

½ sliced green onion

¼ diced green pepper

1 cup shredded cheese (I used a mixture of mozzarella and cheddar)

 

Preheat oven to 350.  Beat together the cream cheese, sour cream, oregano, garlic powder and crushed red pepper.  Spread in a 9 inch pie pan.  Spread the pizza sauce over the top.  Sprinkle with the pepperoni, onions and peppers.  Bake at 350 for 10 minutes.  Remove from oven and sprinkle evenly with cheese.  Return to the oven and bake for 5 more minutes until golden.  Serve with Ritz crackers.

Serves 12 or more.

The only thing you have to be aware of is not to overcook the cheese.  If it gets too done, it gets hard and is difficult to scoop up on a cracker.  That is why you put the cheese on after the pie has been baking for 10 minutes. You just want it to melt a bit.

For those of you who are reading this with your morning coffee, it might not sound so appetizing, but you will have to trust me.  It is really yummy!  Even my 24 year old rocket scientist cousin Joe was asking me for the recipe.

I finished my Prairie Paisley quilt top today after work!  I will post a picture tomorrow.  Whew.  I am sure glad that is done.  Missed the Charming Girls Quilt Club deadline.  Woe is me.

Ozzie and Sophie update:  My husband is home from helping our kids move last weekend, and what a difference it makes around here.  The dogs started to get nasty with each other, but he straightened them out within 10 minutes of his arrival.  He just let them know he wasn't tolerating that sort of behavior and they minded him.  Why won't they do that for me?  No credibility that's why.

Comments

[Mimi]

Thanks for sharing your recipe. Despite sitting here with my morning coffee, it sounds appetizing!

Glad to hear that hubby is the "pack leader". It's not an easy position to obtain, but it is definitely important. I trained our past 2 dogs with the Alpha Dog Rollover method and it is certainly effective.

Have a great day.

Hugs

[Tricia L.]

OMG! That sounds delicious. I will definitely be adding that to my recipe cards. Thanks!

Glad all is well and the Hubby is home again!

[Susan Ramey Cleveland]

Easy to see who y'all's pack leader is. That pizza dip stuff looks so good. Think I'll make it for our next book club.

[MichelleB]

Thanks for this recipe. My dd is having some girls over on Thursday - and this will be perfect!

[Sherrill]

Sounds YUMMY!! Next time I have to take something, I'm gonna take this! Thank you!

[Sharon]

Appy looks great, and congrats on getting Miss Paisly finished! Can't wait to see your pics tomorrow,

[Candace]

I can just smell the dip from here, Nicole - yum! Can't wait to see your PP finish!
Cheers!

[quiltmom( Anna)]

You and your sister find the best recipes- I still want to try the dessert that Andrea posted with sugar cookie base, cream cheese and fruit topping.
I will look forward to seeing your new quilt- I am sure that it is a beauty.
I am sure the pizza dip is great too .
Regards,
Anna

[Carol]

Oh yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Congrats on finishing your Prairie Paisley...YIPPEE! My boys don't pay much attention to me either...they sometimes look at me like I must be nuts...Dad says something and they do it immediately...I guess they know the easy mark in our house...LOL! Glad everyone is well and behaving!

[Karen Kissinger]

Yummy! I have some Pasta Sprinkles that I never use too!

[Nanna mary]

Sounds yummy I am hungry now it looks so good.Those dogs know that you are a soft touch and they wind themselves round your little finger they know you will weaken.
Hugs Mary.