46 cream cheese recipes

Bay Head cream cheese spread with curry powder and garlic, mounded and topped with sweet Chinese duck sauce. A 5-minute cocktail party appetizer with surprising sweet-savory complexity.

Orange ginger cream cheese dip blends cream cheese with sour cream, fresh orange juice, zest, and ground ginger. A sweet-savory five-ingredient dip for fruit, gingersnaps, or graham crackers. Ready in 10 minutes.

Cream cheese and tomato omelet, a folded breakfast classic with fluffy eggs, melted cream cheese pockets, and fresh chopped tomatoes. Lazy weekend brunch for two, ready in 20 minutes.

Gooey butter cake bakes a yellow cake-mix base under a sweet cream cheese topping that bubbles and cracks like cheesecake on top while staying molten in the middle. A St. Louis classic.

Hot crab and cream cheese dip spiked with horseradish, baked under a blanket of slivered almonds until golden. A 20-minute appetizer that vanishes fast at any gathering.

Warm baked crab and cream cheese dip with a bite of horseradish, topped with toasted slivered almonds. Scoop onto crackers for an easy, crowd-pleasing appetizer in 40 minutes.

Penne with tomato, cream and five cheeses, parboiled pasta tossed in a tomato-cream sauce loaded with pecorino, fontina, gorgonzola, ricotta and mozzarella, then baked hot until bubbling and browned. A restaurant classic.

Cream cheese frosting with butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Thick, spreadable, and made for carrot cake or zucchini cake. Comes together in 15 minutes with just 4 ingredients.

Roquefort and cream cheese chicken spread with sour cream, cayenne, and hot sauce. A bold, tangy appetizer ready in 10 minutes flat.

Jumbo cream cheese peanut butter cookie: one giant cookie-dough pizza slathered with fluffy peanut butter cream cheese frosting and chopped peanuts. A sliceable dessert for 12 in 45 minutes.

Put shaved asparagus onto your pizza, sprinkle some flavored cream cheese over, with some good quality olive oil brushed over the pizza dough, the pizza comes out so yummy, the freshness, creaminess and the crunchiness are all in one bite!

A 15-minute omelet filled with melted Swiss cheese, cool sour cream, and fresh chives. Three ingredients, one pan, and a breakfast that feels like brunch at a bistro.

Impossible tuna pie with cream cheese, sharp cheddar, and sweet pimento. The Bisquick batter settles during baking to form its own tender crust.

Mini bacon cornbread muffins baked with real bacon fat, then piped with a spicy honey cream cheese and chive frosting. A savory bite-sized crowd-pleaser for parties.