Cream Cheese Garlic Dip - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened (DO NOT USE PACKAGES OF ALREADY WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE)
2 cloves fresh garlic, crushed
1/4 cup milk or 1/4 cup half-and-half (more may required)
chives (optional)

Preparation

Open packages of cream cheese and place in large mixing bowl.
Let soften at room temperature for several hours.
Crush garlic and add to blocks of softened cream cheese.
With electric mixer, slowly add milk or half& half thinning mixture and mixing all ingredients together until a desired dipping consistency is reached.
(It may be necessary to add additional milk etc to achieve this).
Stir in chives, if desired.
Refrigerate covered.
Let dip sit out about 5 minutes before serving.
*Not to worry, if you get it a little too thin, just add another package of cream cheese.