Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese Spread
Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese Spread is not only great on bagels, this versatile spread is 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 gonna love Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese Spread!
Fun Fact: I used to work at a bagel shop!
It’s kinda funny how I ended up there. You see, I started out going there 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 a Jewish guy 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. Jalapeno and vegetable were my other favorites, but scallion was my go-to on a toasted everything bagel.
Fast forward to today and I would donate a pinky finger to have a bag of their fresh bagels & homemade spreads.
Since that’s not feasible, I started making my own flavored cream cheeses. So, 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, it’s 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.
Looking for another homemade cream cheese?
Try my 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!
Garlic & Scallion Cream Cheese Spread
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. Use a fork to mash the granulated garlic and scallions into the cream cheese, making sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl. Alternatively, you could use a hand blender.
- 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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