Baked Clam Dip
      recipe courtesy of Lipton



      Ingredients
      1 envelope vegetable soup mix (such as Lipton)
      2-8oz. pgks cream cheese, softened
      2-6 1/2oz. cans minced or chopped clams, drained - reserve 1/2 c. liquid
      1/2t oregano
      1/8t pepper
      6 slices bacon, crisp-cooked and crumbled (or substitute 1T bacon bits)
      buttered bread crumbs



      To Prepare:
      Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine soup mix, cream cheese, clams, reserved liquid, oregano and pepper in a bowl. Beat with electric mixer until smooth. Stir in bacon. Turn into lightly greased 1-quart casserole, then top with bread crumbs. Bake uncovered 20 minutes or until heated through.






      Microwave Directions

      Prepare mixture as above. Heat uncovered at high for 4 minutes or until heated through. (When I microwave this dip, what I do is take my buttered bread crumbs and brown them in the oven in advance. Then I sprinkle them on the dip. Otherwise they don't get that nice brown look.