Hot Maryland Crab Dip

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Traditional Maryland hot crab dip combines cream cheese, sour cream, and mayonnaise with fresh crab meat, topped with cheese, and served with bread.

Ingredients

cooking spray (such as Pam®)
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1/4 cup creamy salad dressing
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®), or to taste
2 cups fresh lump crabmeat, or more to taste
1/2 cup grated Cheddar cheese
2 small baguette loaves, sliced into about 4 to 5 pieces each

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a glass loaf pan with cooking spray.
2 Mix cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, Worcestershire sauce, and seafood seasoning together in a bowl. Gently fold crabmeat into cheese mixture; pour into the prepared loaf pan and top with Cheddar cheese.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until dip is bubbling, about 20 minutes. Toast baguette slices on oven rack during the last 5 minutes of baking the dip.