Better Than Fried Jalapeno Poppers

Ingredients

• 6 jalapeno peppers
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 teaspoon uncle dan's original ranch dressing mix
• fully cooked bacon, crumbles (like Hormel)

Directions

1. 1

   With gloves, snap off the top cap and stem and with a small knife slice peppers in half lengthwise. Carefully take a teaspoon and scrape out seeds and membranes leaving the top intact so filling will not bake out of it.

2. 2

   Mix cream cheese and dry ranch mix with a hand mixer on medium speed. Fill each pepper with the cream cheese mixture level to the top of the pepper.

3. 3

   Put bacon in a shallow bowl and press each cheese filled pepper cheese side down into the bacon and remove excess. Place on a foil lined cookie sheet.

4. 4

   Bake 420 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve hot or cold.