Hot Pizza Dip

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning (i use pampered chef's pantry italian seasoning mix)
• 4 ounces mozzarella cheese (shredded)
• 3/4 cup fresh parmesan cheese (grated)
• 1 (8 ounce) can pizza sauce (i use ragu pizza quick)
• 1/4 cup sliced green onions or 1/4 cup green bell peppers or 1/4 cup ripe olives, pitted and chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 you will only need a small baking dish (less than 8x8 square) if you do not double this recipe.
• 3 if the recipe is doubled, an 8x8 dish or 9x9 will work just fine.
• 4 i use the small oval baker from pampered chef, as this recipe was made for that particular pan, but any pan can be used.
• 5 to soften cream cheese, place in microwave safe dish and heat for 45 seconds.
• 6 check and heat again if it is not soft enough to mix.
• 7 in a small bowl combine the italian seasoning and cream cheese and spead onto the bottom of baking dish.
• 8 in a small bowl, combine the parmesan cheese and the mozarella.
• 9 sprinkle half of the parmesan cheese mixture over the cream cheese.
• 10 top with the pizza sauce making sure that you spread it evenly over the cheese layers.
• 11 sprinkle the rest of the parmesan cheese mixture over the pizza sauce.
• 12 bake for 15-20 minutes or until top is bubbly-top with green onions.
• 13 serve with toasted baguette slices-recipe can be found in this database.