Creamy Cheese Dip Recipe

This creamy real cheese dip comes together quickly and easily with six ingredients and ten minutes. Use it as a dip for chips or soft pretzels, a pasta sauce for elbow macaroni or shells, or over baked potatoes or French fries.

Course appetizer/snack

Cuisine American

Keyword how do you make cheese dip, how to make a cheese dip, how to make cheese dip

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 10

Total Time 15

Servings servings

Calories 179kcal

Author Beth Pierce

Ingredients

2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup whole milk, room temperature
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
½ cup shredded pepper jack cheese
¼ teaspoon garlic powder preferably wood-fired garlic
⅛ teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
2-3 pinches salt
red pepper flakes optional garnish
minced jalapeno optional garnish

Instructions

Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for about 2 minutes whisking constantly.
Slowly whisk in the milk and continue cooking over medium heat until thickened
Reduce the heat to low and whisk in the cheddar and pepper jack in several increments. Stir in the ground cayenne pepper and garlic powder.
If desired garnish with a little red pepper flakes or minced jalapeno.

Notes

Season to taste with Cajun or Creole seasoning.
Use the leftovers to make easy mac and cheese. Boil pasta al dente according to package directions. Drain the pasta, add several spoonfuls of the cheese sauce, and let it melt gently over the hot pasta.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to four days. Reheat in the microwave at 50% power for short increments until warm.

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