Tasty Herb Bagel Chips With Cream Cheese Dip

This recipe is very good, I made it for my friends once for lunch and they loved it so much they wanted the recipe! I got the original recipe from foodnetwork.com, but I changed a few things.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 3
• Yields: 40-70 Bagel Chips

Ingredients

• 3  bagels, sliced into 5 to 7 thin slices
• 3 -5  tablespoons butter, melted
• 1  tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1  teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1  teaspoon paprika
• 1  teaspoon oregano
• 1  teaspoon garlic powder
• 1  teaspoon basil

• Cream cheese Dip

• 6  ounces packages cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1  teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika

Directions

1. Preheat toaster oven or a conventional oven to 350°F.
2. Cut each thin bagel slice into 4 pieces.
3. Lay out all of the pieces on a plate.
4. Next, Mix the red pepper, black pepper, paprika, oregano, garlic powder, and basil with the melted butter.
5. Pour butter mixture over bagel pieces, try to get each piece to have the butter mix on it.
6. After that you can add a dash of salt if you like.
7. Transfer Bagel pieces to ungreased cookie sheet, and bake for 5 minutes, then flip over bagel chips and bake another 5 minutes or until crispy.
8. To make the dip, take cream cheese and mix in the lemon juice, paprika, and black pepper.
9. Enjoy!