Garlic Parmesan Pull Apart Bread
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Recipe type: Bread
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Serves: 6-8 servings
 
Soft pull apart bread filled with garlic and cheese in every bite. This garlic parmesan pull apart bread is simple to make and perfect for beginners in baking with yeast.
Ingredients
  • 2⅓ cups all purpose flour
  • 1 packet instant yeast
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup warm milk
  • 1½ tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon butter, melted
  • 1 large egg
Garlic Butter
  • 4 tablespoons salted butter, melted
  • 4 cloves of garlic, grated
  • 2 tablespoons dried parsley
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried or fresh thyme
  • ½ cup parmesan cheese
Topping
  • Extra parmesan cheese
  • Melted butter
  • Flaky Sea Salt
Directions:
  1. In a large bowl, combine yeast, flour, and salt. Add warm milk, honey, egg and butter. Mix until the flour is completely incorporated. If the dough seems too sticky, add up to a ¼ cup of flour to the dough. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit at room temperature for about a half hour to an hour.
  2. To make the garlic butter, combine melted butter, grated garlic, shredded parmesan, parsley, oregano, thyme, basil, and a pinch of salt.
  3. Prepare a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Lightly grease all the sides with melted butter or olive oil. Set aside for now.
  4. Transfer the dough to a work surface and cut it into 4 equal pieces. Lightly flour your work surface. Take one piece and roll out the dough into a large rectangle. Spread the garlic butter over the dough. Then cut the rolled out dough into 3 strips lengthwise and then into 2 strips crosswise to create 6 rectangles. Stack the rectangles on top of each other. Repeat with the other 3 pieces of dough and garlic butter. Stand the stacked rectangles in the prepared loaf pan. They won’t completely fill the pan and that’s okay.
  5. Cover the pan with plastic wrap, and let it rise in a warm place for about 1 hour.
  6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  7. Sprinkle extra shredded parmesan cheese on top of the bread. Transfer to the oven, and bake the garlic parmesan pull apart bread for about 30-40 minutes until the bread is golden brown. Let the bread rest in the pan for about 5 minutes before using a spatula to separate the edge of the bread from the pan. Carefully remove the bread from the pan. Brush with melted butter if desired. Sprinkle with flaky sea salt and top with sprigs of fresh thyme.
  8. Serve this garlic parmesan pull apart bread warm.
Recipe by Cooking with a Wallflower at https://cookingwithawallflower.com/2020/10/04/garlic-parmesan-pull-apart-bread/