Danielle S submitted this recipe for January’s Food Challenge!  Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS

• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
• 1 tablespoon + 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
• 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1 12 oz. non-dark beer of your choice
• 1 teaspoon DRY or 1 tablespoon FRESH rosemary
• 1 large garlic clove, sliced
• 1/2 pound ham steak, cut into small cubes
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, and cheese in a large mixing bowl. Heat one small-medium skillet on medium heat. Add ham, rosemary and sliced garlic to hot pan allowing ham to crisp. Adjust the heat, depending on your stove, so that the fat renders out of the ham and the garlic doesn’t burn. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease one 9X5X3″ loaf pan. When ham is crispy, allow to cool completely and add to flour mixture. Stir to coat everything with the flour then add the beer. Mix just to combine, pour into prepared loaf pan and pour melted butter over the batter. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick removes cleanly. Cook on wire rack for 10-15 minutes before removing from pan and allow to cool an additional 10 minutes.

Down, set, HUT HUT VELVEETA!  Yep, it’s that time again, time for the championship football game that all of us football fans anticipate the whole year!  And what comes along with football?? That’s right!!! DIP!  You can’t watch such an exciting football game without dip and chips, come on now.   Not only do we root teams on like the Dallas Cowboys or Indianapolis Colts, but also our own home town six-man football team, the Highland Hornets.  We paint our faces and went to the State championship game last year but lost.  Good game though.

I have used Velveeta for what feels like forever in many diverse recipes like Shrimp Stroganoff Casserole but I think many folks associate Velveeta with dip. The two go hand in hand after all and you can’t have a football party without it!

As one of the 2010 Velveeta Kitchenistas, I’ll be bringing you vlogs all year, this being the first one.  I do a few personal vlogs that are me rambling but doing a recipe was a challenge and while my video isn’t’ the best, I have confidence that my future ones will be awesome!

Please keep in mind when watching the video that I’m new at cooking in front of the video. Also keep in mind that my teens were cracking me up over and over again so I ended being a little more serious in the final cut that I intended. My next ones will get better, promise!

This Velveeta dip consists of only 3 ingredients, with on optional ingredient, making it very affordable to feed a crowd.  It also literally takes less than 10 minutes to make.  It’s so easy and so good!

VELVEETA Chorizo & Beer Dip

Ingredients

• 16oz of VELVEETA Cheese
• 1/4lb of Beef Chorizo
• 1/2 cup of Beer
• Green onions for garnish (optional)

Directions

Cook chorizo in medium skillet on medium-high heat for about 5 minutes or until done, stirring occasionally; drain.  Microwave VELVEETA and beer in large microwaveable bowl on high for about 5 minutes or until VELVEETA is completely melted, stirring after 3 min. Stir in chorizo.

Extra: Garnish with green onion slices before serving.

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Disclosure: Please know that all opinions are my own and that I only work with companies that I love, use everyday. and truly believe in. If you have any questions about my ethics, read my full disclosure and/or email me. Just like before, I have partnered with VELVEETA as one of theVELVEETA it! Kitchenistas. I have been compensated for my time commitment to the program, which includes vlogging about my cooking experiences with VELVEETA and developing one original VELVEETA-based recipe. I have also been compensated for the food purchased for my VELVEETA vlogs.