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      Title: Baked Bloomin' Onion
 Categories: Five, Vegetables, Breads, Herbs
      Yield: 4 servings

     1 lg Sweet onion; 1084, Vidalia,
          - Maui or Walla Walla
     3 tb Melted butter
     2 ts Dijon mustard
     3 tb Panko bread crumbs
     1 tb Smokey paprika

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          Bottled ranch dressing

  Heat oven to 425°F/218°C.

  Peel skin from onion and cut off top 1/4". Leave root
  end on to hold onion together. Cut through the onion
  from the top down to the bottom, stopping 1/2" to 1/4"
  short of bottom (leave bottom intact), forming 16
  wedges.

  Place on a 12" square sheet of foil. Fold up foil around
  the onion and place in an oven safe baking dish or pie
  plate. Bake for 20 minutes.

  Meanwhile combine the butter and mustard in a small bowl
  and mix well.

  Remove the onion from the oven and open the foil. Fold
  it down to make a 1" high rim around the onion; crimp
  edges to seal. With a pastry brush, coat the onion with
  the butter mixture, then sprinkle liberally with bread
  crumbs and paprika.

  Return onion to the oven and bake an additional 15 to 20
  minutes, or until crispy tender. Pour the ranch dressing
  into a small bowl. Place the cooked onion on a serving
  plate and set the dressing bowl in the center or
  alongside.

  TIP: Any favorite dressing that goes well with onions
  can be used for dipping sauce.

  Recipe by Skip Davis

  RECIPE FROM: https://www.justapinch.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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