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Creamy Onion Dip

Timeless Snacks & Starters
Prep time:
10 minutes, plus chilling
Cook time:
None

The uncles always said that it wasn’t a party without Grammy’s onion dip.

The uncles always said that it wasn’t a party without Grammy’s onion dip.

Ingredients

Serves 12 

  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon each salt and celery seeds
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • Paprika for sprinkling
Directions
  1. 1

    Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Stir in the sour cream, onion, salt, celery seeds and pepper. Refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 3 days. Sprinkle with paprika.

  2. 2

    Serve with your favorite dippers such as potato chips and crackers, celery sticks, carrot sticks, cauliflower florets, bell-pepper strips, halved or whole mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, radishes, blanched sugar snaps, blanched green beans and blanched broccoli florets.

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Grandma's Secret Tip

Grandma's Secret Tip

For a lower-fat version of this classic, Grandma used Neufchatel cheese or reduced-fat cream cheese instead of regular cream cheese, and plain nonfat yogurt instead of sour cream.

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