Ida's Maryland Crabby Dip

• ounces cream cheese, softened↗11
• small onion, finely chopped↗1
• tablespoons mayonnaise↗5
• (6 ounce) cans crabmeat, drained, and flaked↗2
• teaspoon garlic powder↗1⁄8
• lemon, juice of↗1
• teaspoons Old Bay Seasoning2
• tablespoon Worcestershire sauce↗1
• salt and pepper, to taste
• bread, bowl and bread, chunks for dipping or 1 cracker↗1

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350.

2. 2

   In a med. bowl, combine cream cheese, onion, lemon, Worcestershire sauce, Old Bay Seasoning, mayonnaise, crabmeat, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

3. 3

   If cream cheese is still too hard, place all ingredients into a bowl, and use a mixer, on low speed, to combine.

4. 4

   Spread mixture into a 1 quart baking dish.

5. 5

   Bake for 20 minutes in a preheated oven.

6. 6

   While the dip is baking, cut a circle in the top of the bread, and scoop out the inside, to create a bread bowl.

7. 7

   Tear the removed bread into pieces for dipping.

8. 8

   Remove baked crab dip from the oven, and stir well.

9. 9

   Spoon the mixture into the hollowed out loaf.

10. 10

    Place bread bowl and chunks of bread on a med. baking sheet, and bake for an additional 10 minutes.

11. 11

    Serve hot.