Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese Spread
Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese Spread is not only great on bagels, but this versatile spread is also wonderful slathered on veggie wraps, spread on sandwiches, or heat it up and eat it with crackers. Way better than store-bought flavored cream cheese!
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If you love all the fun flavors of cream cheese at bagel shops, you’re going to love Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese Spread!
Fun Fact: I used to work at a bagel shop!
You see, I started going to this bagel shop for their sandwiches. They had THE BEST bagels I had ever eaten.
Apparently, because they were boiled not steamed, which according to the owner, is the “real” way bagels are made. He was from New Jersey and he took his bagels very seriously.
Anyways, one day I’m in the bagel shop waiting for my sandwich and I see a “Help Wanted” sign on the window. Needless to say, I went from a customer to an employee because they’re bagels were that good.
A perk of working at the bagel shop was that I got a free meal on my shift.
Over the course of my employment there, I was able to try just about everything they had and one of my favorite spreads was their scallion cream cheese.
Fast forward to today and I would donate a pinky finger to have a bag of their fresh bagels & homemade spreads.
So, I started making my own flavored cream cheeses. Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese Spread was basically born out of necessity.
I’m not sure how the bagel shop made their cream cheese, but I wanted to take that delicious, oniony scallion flavor I loved and amplify it with some zesty garlic.
The combination is heavenly! It’s garlicky, oniony, and creamy. Perfect atop a toasted bagel!
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Ingredients needed to make this recipe (scroll down to recipe card for complete recipe):
- Cream cheese
- Scallions
- Garlic powder
Not only is making your own flavored cream cheese easy and inexpensive, but it’s also fresher, and it can even be made organic! If you’re in need of some garlic powder for this recipe, this is the one I like best.
How to make Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese:
- Add room temperature cream cheese to a medium bowl and add the garlic powder and sliced scallions.
- Either with a fork or an electric hand mixer, combine everything together really well.
- Refrigerate the cream cheese for several hours for the flavors to develop. (full recipe on card below)
How to use Garlic Scallion Cream Cheese Spread:
- Spread on toasted bagels
- Slathered on wraps
- Warm with crackers or veggies for dipping
- Perfect on a bagel sandwich instead of mayo
Looking for more cream cheese flavors? Here are some favorites:
- Giardiniera Vegetable Cream Cheese Spread – It’s made with cream cheese and leftover Chicago-Style Hot Giardiniera that I make for Italian Beef Sandwiches. So good!
- Dill Pickle Cream Cheese Spread (shown below)
- Store the cream cheese spread in an air-tight container in the refrigerator and use within 5 days.
- Once prepared, let the cream cheese sit on the counter for 20-30 minutes before using to make it easier to spread.
Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese Spread
Equipment
- Mixing bowl
Ingredients
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/3 cup sliced scallions
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients to a medium-sized bowl. Either with a fork or an electric hand mixer, combine everything very well. Make sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- When everything is combined, refrigerate for at least 3 hours before using. Great on bagels, wraps, sandwiches, or anything you can think of! Use within 5 days.
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