Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 15-20 min
Easy - for beginners
Serves: 20
Description
Pizza sauce based dip served with crunchy baguettes (inspired by Pampered Chef)
Ingredients
- 1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning mix
- 1 cup (4 oz) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 3/4 c (3 oz) grated fresh Parmesan cheese
- 1 can (8 oz) pizza sauce
- 1/4 c diced green bell pepper, sliced green onions, or chopped pitted ripe olives (any pizza topping could be an option)
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In small bowl, combine cream cheese and seasoning mix; spread onto bottom of small baking pan
- In small bowl, combine mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. Sprinkle half of the mozz cheese mixture over cream cheese mixture. Top with pizza sauce, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese mixture. Bake 15-20 minutes or until bubbly. Top with bell pepper (or another desired pizza topping) Serve with toasted baguette slices.