Garlic and Cheese Pull Apart Bread
Garlic and Cheese Pull Apart Bread is a soft, homemade bread with pockets of melting cheese and garlic. The best savoury recipe you will ever make!
Servings: 20 Pieces
Calories: 167kcal
Ingredients
Dough;
- 50 g Butter (¼ Cup)
- 1 Cup Luke Warm Milk
- 1 Tbsp. Dry Active Yeast
- 1 Tbsp. Sugar
- 1 Large Egg
- 2 and ¾ Cups High Grade Flour (or All Purpose Flour, Bread Flour, etc)
- 1 teaspoon Salt
Filling;
- 110 g Butter, Melted (½ Cup)
- 6-8 Cloves Crushed Garlic*
- 2 Cups Grated Cheese
Instructions
Dough;
- In a small bowl combine the luke warm milk, melted butter, sugar and yeast and set aside for 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment attached, place the flour and salt.
- Add in the yeast mixture and the egg and on a low speed, mix the ingredients until the flour is mostly incorporated.
- Attach the dough hook and turn onto medium speed and mix until the dough begins to pull away from the sides of the bowl.
- The mixture will be soft and slightly sticky but not stick to your hands.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly greased mixing bowl and cover with a towel and let rise in a warm, dry place until it doubles in size. (Around an hour)
Filling;
- While the dough is rising, make the filling.
- Crush the garlic and mix with the melted butter and set aside.
- Grate the cheese and set aside.
Assembly;
- Grease a "9x5" loaf pan with cooking spray or butter. I like to also add a strip of cooking paper in the middle of the pan with a piece hanging off each side as 'handles' to get the bread out easier once baked.
- Punch down the dough and turn out onto a floured bench.
- Roll the dough into a large rectangle (around 10"x20").
- Brush the dough with the melted butter and garlic mixture.
- Slice the dough into strips. You will have around 8-10 strips depending how thick you want your strips. They should be cut along the 20" length so they will all be 10" long.
- Scatter over the grated cheese generously.
- Gently layer all the strips on top of each other into one pile.
- Using the knife, cut the pile into thirds so you should now have three piles.
- Arrange the piles in a row, turned on their side in your prepared loaf pan. Top with a touch more grated cheese.
- Cover the pan and let the dough rise in a warm place until almost doubled in size for around 30-40 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and bake the loaf for about 30-35 minutes. The top should be golden and sound hollow when tapped.
- If the top seems to be over-browning or turning black, cover the top loosely with sheet of tin (aluminum) foil and continue cooking.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 15 minutes, then run a knife around the edge and using the baking paper handles, remove loaf to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely.
Notes
* Adjust the garlic to your on tastes. I love garlic and can eat A LOT of it. If you are not this way, start with 4-6 a bulb and go from there.
Nutrition
Serving: 1Piece | Calories: 167kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 326mg | Potassium: 46mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 100IU | Calcium: 131mg | Iron: 1mg