Homemade Cheez Whiz Recipe- copycat cheese spread recipe

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast adds a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt provides creaminess with lower fat.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk can lower calories while water can reduce cost.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier while margarine is often cheaper.

Cut 1/2 pound of medium cheddar cheese into pieces.

Add the cheddar cheese to a saucepan with 1 cup of canned evaporated milk, 3/4 teaspoon of salt, and 3/4 teaspoon of dry mustard.

Stir the mixture over medium-low heat until the cheese is melted.

In a separate bowl, beat 1 egg.

Pour a little bit of the hot cheese mixture into the egg while whisking to temper it.

Once tempered, pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan.

Continue to cook over medium-low heat until the mixture thickens and leaves a trail when stirred with a wooden spoon.

Pour the thickened mixture into jars, which makes about 2 cups of cheese whiz copycat.

Let it cool and then store it in the refrigerator.

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