Layered Artichoke Spread

Total Time: 8 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 16 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope ranch dressing mix
• 1 (6 ounce) jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained
• 1/3 cup roasted red pepper, drained
• 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl,mix the cream cheese and ranch dressing packet well.
• 2 chop the artichokes roasted red peppers and parsley. add to cream cheese mix.
• 3 line your bowl with plastic wrap as smoothly as possible. layer ingredients in following order: 1/3 cream cheese, half of artichoke mixture, 1/3 cream cheese, other half of artichoke mixture, and last 1/3 of cream cheese. spread each addition into a smooth layer. cover top with plastic wrap and place in refridgerator for 8 hours.
• 4 to serve, remove plastic wrap from top. invert the mold onto your serving dish. remove the bottom layer of plastic wrap. use a table knife to smooth out the mold's appearance.
• 5 serve with crackers around the mold on the platter.