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Amber Glow
8 oz Pkg cream cheese softened
10 oz Jar apricot preserves
1 1/2 ts Dry mustard
1 ts Prepared horseradish
1/8 ts Crushed red pepper flakes or more to taste
1/4 c Salted peanuts; chopped
Assorted crackers for accompaniment
Press cream cheese into an 8-ounce plastic margarine tub or small bowl. Loosen edges with a spatula and invert onto the center of a shallow serving nag plate. Smooth surface with a spatula.
In a small bowl, mix preserves, mustard, horseradish and hot pepper flakes (or Tabasco sauce) until well blended. Pour over cheese. Sprinkle with nuts. Serve with crackers.
“....I can dream away a half-hour on the immortal flavor of those thick cheese cakes we used to have on a Saturday night.”
Mary Antin
In rural homes in the 19th century, apple and other fruit pie was often a common item served for breakfast, considered a good hearty beginning for a hard day's work.
