Sriracha Honey Cream Cheese

My spouse bought a fancy Italian mixer that only mixes bread dough, nothing else. We have an almost 40 year old Kitchen Aid mixer that was top of the line for a domestic kitchen in the 1980's and it has served us well. It is not being replaced, but rather given a rest on the kneading front, so as to prolong it's life for all other uses. The first thing made was bagels (from the Zingerman Bakehouse cookbook) and they were truly amazing. What we quickly did the math on though is that the flavored cream cheeses that you can purchase are really pretty expensive, and so my job assignment is to make our own. This comes out to be about 1/3 the cost of the purchased one and so easy! 8 ounces cream cheese 1 Tbsp. honey 1-2 Tbsp. Sriracha sauce The cream cheese must be room temperature. I used the aforementioned Kitchen Aid, and did a tablespoon of Sriracha and tasted it--hit the right notes for what we use it for, but to each his own--taste and add more if that is where you want to go with it.