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Baked Pimento Cheese Dip

Warm Baked Pimento Cheese Dip is the perfect southern appetizer. Served hot form the oven this creamy dip tastes great with vegetable sticks or corn chips.

  • Prep15 min
  • Cook25 min
  • Total40 min
  • Serves12
  • Rating5.0
Baked Pimento Cheese Dip

Baked Pimento Cheese Dip has two kinds of cheese, roasted red peppers and diced pimentos. It’s an ultra creamy dip to serve with crackers and crudites.

Baked Pimento Cheese Dip on a piece of toasted baguette.

A warm and creamy pimiento cheese dip served with vegetable sticks and pita chips makes delicious party food. It’s also a great game day snack. Chilled pimiento cheese dip is popular to serve in the south during the warmer months, but this baked version is perfect for the winter.

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Pimento Cheese Dip in a pie plate.

How To Serve Pimento Cheese Dip

Baked Pimiento Cheese Dip could also be served with tortilla chips, potato chips, or crostini. Leftovers would be great on top of a burger. If you’re not serving a big crowd, cut the recipe in half. It makes a large quantity.

Recipe Tip

Be sure to shred your own cheese instead of using pre-shredded cheese. The flavor and the texture will be much better.

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Slice of baguette scooping up cheese dip.

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Originally published December 26, 2013.

Recipe Source: adapted from Entertain Decorate Celebrate July/August 2013

Ingredients

Steps

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 2-quart baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

  2. 2

    In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, mayonnaise, and both cheeses. Use a wooden spoon to mix them together well.

  3. 3

    Place red peppers and pimientos on paper towels and pat out excess moisture. Roughly chop the peppers and add them along with pimientos to bowl.

  4. 4

    Add hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, sugar, and cayenne pepper and stir everything together.

  5. 5

    Spoon into prepared baking dish, place in oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until bubbly and lightly browned.

Notes

Be sure to shred your own cheese instead of using pre-shredded cheese. The flavor and the texture will be much better.

Nutrition

  • Calories353
  • Carbs5
  • Protein11
  • Fat33
  • Sodium925
  • Fiber1
  • Sugar2

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