Warm Skillet Crab Dip In A Sourdough Bread Bowl Recipes

Steps:

• If you purchase bakery round bread, omit the next few steps.
• BREAD BOWL:Mix both bread mixes together according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Let rise until double in bulk.
• With non-stick cooking spray, spray the inside of a 9" or 1" springform pan.
• Knead dough and place in pan, pressing down as evenly flat as possible.
• Let rise 1 to 2 hours until dough reaches the top of the pan.
• Bake about 50-65 minutes at 350 degrees, until completely cooked.
• Run knife around edge of loaf, and let cool completely.
• Remove outer pan rim.
• Cut a thin top layer from the bread and remove most of the bread inside, leaving a"shell" of bread to form your bowl.
• Place bread on serving tray (large enough to hold crackers or bread cubes around it).
• DIP:In mixer, mix cream cheese with all other ingredients except chili sauce and crab.
• When well blended, add chili sauce and mix until blended.
• Gently stir in crab meat.
• Spoon into shallow baking dish and bake until warm in the center.
• Cool until not hot to the touch.
• Spoon crab dip into bread bowl on serving tray; sprinkle bacon and almonds on top, and surround with assorted crackers and a few sprigs of greenery for garnish.