Pull-Apart Bread with Garlic Butter and Mozzarella
Crispy pull-apart bread with garlic butter and mozzarella. Cut a diamond pattern, brush, stuff with cheese, bake in foil, then finish golden and bubbly.
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter unsalted
- 2 cloves garlic squeezed
- ½ teaspoon Maldon salt
- 2 tablespoons Fresh Parsley finely chopped
- 1 ½ pound whole bread loaf, unsliced
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 390 °F.
- Melt butter remove from heat. Stir in garlic, 1 tablespoon parsley, and ¼ teaspoon Maldon salt.1 stick butter, 2 cloves garlic, ½ teaspoon Maldon salt, 2 tablespoons Fresh Parsley
- Cut the loaf diagonally every ¾ inch (2 cm), stopping about ½ inch (1 cm) from the bottom.1 ½ pound whole bread
- Rotate and cut diagonally again to create a diamond pattern (don’t cut through).
- Brush garlic butter into all cuts.
- Stuff mozzarella into the openings.1 cup shredded Mozzarella
- Brush the top with more garlic butter. Sprinkle with remaining parsley and Maldon salt.
- Wrap in foil and bake 20 minutes.
- Open foil on top and bake 7–8 minutes until golden and bubbly.
- Remove foil, let it sit 1–2 minutes so nobody burns their fingers, then dive in.
NOTES
1. Cutting: DO NOT cut all the way through. Stop ~ ½ inch (1 cm) from the bottom so the loaf stays together.
2. Butter: Get the garlic butter INSIDE the cuts. That’s where the flavor hides.
3. Cheese: Push mozzarella BETWEEN the cuts for real cheese pull. For more bite, mix with a little Gouda or cheddar cheese.
4. Foil baking: Foil first = melty inside. Foil open at the end = golden top.
- 5. Storage
Make the garlic butter earlier, keep it covered in the fridge, then melt it gently when you’re ready.- Smart tip from my kitchen: if you buy a loaf and freeze it, you always have pull-apart bread ready for an unexpected drinks-and-snacks afternoon.
- Leftovers: keep airtight. Reheat in the oven to bring back the crisp (microwave = soft bread).
Nutrition
Calories: 142kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 284mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 204IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Iron: 1mg
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