Use cream cheese on your bagels instead of butter!?

Answer 1

That's what cream cheese is made for.

Answer 2

Depends on the flavor I want to emphasize. I'll use butter with sharp cheddar and toast my bagel - especially if I have a good "Everything" or "European Seed" bagel. If I'm stuck with generic freezer bagels, though, I'll use onion and chive cream cheese whipped topping in place of the butter, plus whatever cheeses I can find, to give the poor thing some flavor. If I don't have cheese to add at all, then I definitely prefer cream cheese to butter. Either way, bagels are awesome!

Answer 3

cheddar cheese bagel with herb and garlic cream cheese is my favourite! i wont touch bagels with butter.

Answer 4

I like this one..................

Bagel Spread
1/4 cup Hidden Valley Original Ranch dressing
1/4 cup whipped cream cheese
a little parmesan,opt
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BAGEL TOPPERS

NEW YORKER
4 oz Whipped cream cheese
2 oz Smoked salmon; cut slivers
1 tb Sour cream
1 ts Fresh lemon juice
1 tb Fresh dill; minced or
1 ts Dillweed
1/8 ts Salt
1/8 ts Freshly ground pepper

MIDWESTERN
4 oz Whipped cream cheese with chives
2 oz Ham; diced
2 ts Honey mustard
1/8 ts Freshly ground pepper

CALIFORNIAN
1 c Ricotta cheese
1/3 c Radishes; diced
1/3 c Cucumbers; seed, dice
1/4 c Parsley; chopped
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Lemon peel; grated

PIZZA SNACK
6 oz Can tomato paste
1 ts Dried oregano leaves
5 Whole wheat or white bagels; split
1/2 c Green bell pepper, mushroom, or black olives; chopped
3 oz Mozzarella cheese; shredded

This is for 4 bagels, halved and toasted.

NEW YORKER-Combine cream cheese, salmon, sour cream, lemon juice, dill, salt and pepper.

MIDWESTERN-Combine cream cheese, ham, mustard and pepper.

CALIFORNIAN-Combine ricotta, radishes, cucumbers, parsley, salt and lemon peel.

PIZZA SNACK-Heat oven to 450 degrees. In small bowl, combine tomato paste and oregano. Spread each bagel half with 1T paste mixture. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Top each with bell pepper; sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 450~ for 6 to 8 minutes or until cheese is melted

Answer 5

Cream cheese? Yeah, definitely! But butter's good too. :)

Answer 6

Why on Earth would anyone put butter on their bagels when God made cream cheese for that purpose?!?

Answer 7

YES! I love the flavored ones on bagels that have been toasted.

Answer 8

Cream cheese, absolutely! Nothing better on a bagel than cream cheese, whether alone, or with other toppings. Although... I sometimes like to use peanut butter too.

Answer 9

I have been to Lender's Bagels factory in Buffalo,NY. I gotta tell you I def like cream cheese on bagels but butter would work great on fresh bagels. Unfortunately down here in the swamps we can't get a fresh bagel dang it.

Answer 10

I never get butter on my bagels. I like some whipped cream cheese, a slice or two of lox, and the best of the best: thin slices of hot onion! Wowee!
What a mouth feel!