Welcome to The BakerMama Monthly Recipe Challenge! Each month, we’ll all be making the same recipe from TheBakerMama.com. After you’ve made the recipe, leave a review on the recipe’s page for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.
How The Challenge Works
- Make the Recipe: Each month, I will choose a specific recipe from TheBakerMama.com for us all to make! You can find the monthly recipe link and description below.
- Leave a Rating and Review (required entry): Leave a comment (with a valid email address) and rate the recipe with a star rating here on the blog. Include the hashtag #TheBakerMamaRecipeChallenge in your comment to be entered into the challenge. Be sure to leave your email address so we can reach out to you if you’re a winner. To leave a recipe review, scroll all the way to the bottom of the blog post itself where it says “Leave a Reply”.
- Bonus Entry: Share a photo of your recipe creation in my Facebook Group and add the hashtag #TheBakerMamaRecipeChallenge. You’ll get one extra entry for the monthly drawing.
- Win Prizes: One random winner* will be chosen at the end of each month to receive a $100 Amazon Gift Card. We will contact the winner via the email that they leave with their recipe review. *Only residents of the U.S. and Canada are eligible to enter.
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May Recipe Challenge: Smoked Salmon Bagel Dip
Happy May, friends! It’s time to announce this month’s recipe challenge! This month, we’re making my Smoked Salmon Bagel Dip! Bring all the flavors of your favorite bagel brunch into one irresistibly creamy, crowd-pleasing dip! This Smoked Salmon Bagel Dip is fresh, savory, and so easy to make—perfect for Mother’s Day gatherings, weekend brunches, showers, or any spring get-together. It looks impressive, tastes amazing, and comes together with minimal effort.
Tips, Serving Ideas and Substitutions
Quick Tips
- Use room temperature cream cheese so it blends smoothly with the ricotta for the creamiest texture.
- Blend the cheese mixture until light and fluffy for a whipped dip that feels extra special.
- Chill the dip base before topping if making ahead so it holds its shape beautifully on the platter.
- Add toppings just before serving to keep the onion crisp, herbs fresh, and salmon vibrant.
- Taste the cheese mixture before adding extra salt since smoked salmon and capers already bring plenty of saltiness.
Serving Ideas
- Add to a Mother’s Day brunch spread alongside quiche, muffins, and fresh fruit salad.
- Serve as the centerpiece of a brunch board with fruit, pastries, and hard-boiled eggs for special occasions.
- Pair with cucumber slices and veggie sticks for a lighter, fresh option.
- Spread leftovers onto toasted bagels for an easy next-day breakfast or lunch.
Substitutions
- Swap the ricotta with blended cottage cheese or mascarpone for a different creamy texture.
- Use Neufchâtel cheese in place of cream cheese for a lighter option.
- Replace smoked salmon with smoked trout, hot-smoked salmon, or omit for a vegetarian version.
- Substitute fresh dill with chopped chives or parsley if preferred.
- If capers aren’t a favorite, serve them on the side so guests can add as much or as little as they’d like.
- Serve with crackers, toasted baguette slices, pita chips, or mini bagel halves instead of bagel crisps.
Previous Challenges
I hope you will join me in this fun and yummy Monthly Recipe Challenge! As always, If you make any of my recipes, be sure to snap a picture and share it with me on Instagram @thebakermama so I can see. If you’re on Facebook, be sure to join my Friends of The BakerMama group to connect and share all the fun and yummy recipes of mine that you make! 
I just love seeing how inspired and creative y’all get with the ideas I share. Enjoy!
xoxo,
