Recipe - Cattlemans Spread

1 cup Pecans, chopped
2 tablespoon Butter or margarine
16 ounce Cream cheese, softened
1 cup Sour cream
One half teaspoon Garlic powder
5 ounce Dried beef, chopped
4 teaspoon Diced onion
Crackers and breadsticks

In a skillet, saute pecans in butter until golden; set aside. In a mixing
bowl, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add sour cream and garlic powder; mix
well. Stir in beef and onion. Spread into a greased 8in. square baking
dish. Top with the pecans. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 20 minutes
or until heated through. Serve with crackers and breadsticks. Yield: 3 1/2
cups.

NOTES : "Fit for a dairy farmer's birthday, this hearty appetizer was
perfect for our theme dinner. The spread is 'beefed up' with dairy
products, and pecans give it a pleasant crunch." Submitted by Carol Troyer,
Pryor, Oklahoma and Teresa Stutzman, Adair, Oklahoma.

Recipe by: Taste of Home, June/July, 1997 Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1
#648 by NGavlak@aol.com on Jun 24, 1997