This delicious Gingerbread Spread tastes like Christmas!
I love holiday flavors. You know the ones I mean: pumpkin, apple, peppermint, gingerbread. Oh gingerbread, the quintessential flavor of Christmas!
Who hasn't decorated a gingerbread bread house or devoured a plate full of gingerbread boy cookies? This time of the year, gingerbread is so popular!
I wanted to stick with my flavors of the season theme for this month's Secret Recipe Club. The past two months I made something apple and pumpkin.
I was assigned Chris' blog, Mele Cotte. Did you know Mele Cotte means baked apple in Italian? I love baked apples, so I knew I would love Chris' blog. I had plenty of options to choose from as her recipe catalog is quite impressive! After narrowing down my list, I settled on making Gingerbread Spread.
This spread was so easy to create as it is simply a spiced cream cheese. I also found its uses to be extremely versatile. I enjoyed this spread on a toasted bagel as well as as a dip for animal crackers. I think it would also pair wonderfully with sliced apples or graham crackers.
Gingerbread Spread
Makes approximately 1 cup
Ingredients:
1 8 ounce block cream cheese
2 Tablespoons molasses
1 teaspoon brown sugar
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground Ginger
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground Cloves
Mix all the ingredients together until smooth.
Store in a covered container in the fridge.
Source: Mele Cotte