Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip

Name: Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8 serving
Ingredients: 6 oz. fresh cranberries; 1/4 cup sugar; 1/2 cup water; 1 jalapeño (optional); 1/8 tsp salt; 8 oz. cream cheese; 3 green onions, sliced; 1 box crackers (for serving); 1 apple (for serving)

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5.0

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Excellent

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Cooling Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings
8
Calories
15561 kcal
Course
Appetizer, Snacks
Cuisine
American

Cranberry Cream Cheese Dip

Nancy Wheeler

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Rich cream cheese, tangy homemade cranberry sauce, and savory green onions make a simple but delicious appetizer for any holiday gathering!

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Ingredients

Servings

6 oz. fresh cranberries $1.25
1/4 cup sugar $0.08
1/2 cup water $0.00
1 jalapeño (optional) $0.15
1/8 tsp salt $0.02
8 oz. cream cheese $0.79
3 green onions, sliced $0.33
1 box crackers (for serving) 2.95
1 apple (for serving) $0.33

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Instructions

Rinse the cranberries then add them to a small sauce pot with the sugar, water, and salt.
If using a jalapeño, remove the stem, slice it lengthwise, scrape out the seeds (or leave some in if you like it extra spicy), then finely dice the pepper. Add the diced pepper to the sauce pot.
Stir the pot to combine, place a lid on top, and place it over medium-high heat. Allow the pot to come to a boil. Once it reaches a boil, give it a good stir, turn the heat down to medium-low, and let it simmer without a lid for 5 minutes.
After simmering for 5 minutes, the cranberries should have all burst open and created a thick sauce. Turn the heat off and transfer the sauce to the refrigerator to cool.
Place the cream cheese on a small plate or in a shallow bowl. Use the back of a spoon to create an indentation along the center of the block of cream cheese.
Pour the cooled cranberry sauce over the cream cheese, then top with sliced green onion. Serve with crackers and apple slices.

Notes

Technically you can use canned cranberry sauce, but I find canned sauces to have much more muted flavor, and they can even sometimes taste a bit metallic. Homemade cranberry sauce literally takes less than ten minutes to make, so for best results I suggest making it fresh.