Monday, December 15, 2014

Easy Yummy Pull Apart Bread

The weekend before last, I went to visit my boyfriend and the first thing we did together was scroll through pinterest looking for what we are going to cook for dinner. We ended up choosing a vegetarian baked ziti, but while he was in charge of the hard work (the baked ziti), I made the "crack" bread. When we went to buy the groceries we did not pay attention to the ingredients for our pull apart bread so all we did was buy a loaf of bread (I don't remember what kind). Anyways, I mixed together what he had in his apartment, which is not a lot since he is a 20 year old college student that lives on his own. When I got home, I loved it so much I decided to recreate the deliciousness! Before you begin cooking, preheat your oven to 350° F by the time your done preparing your oven should be hot (mine was)!

What you need:
butter
salt
garlic salt
oregano
bread loaf
shredded mozzarella cheese

I first started off with a small kaiser roll, since I was making one for just me. I began cutting the roll and making these squares or diamond shapes that "pull apart" from the bread. DO NOT CUT THROUGH THE ENTIRE ROLL.

I'm sorry I don't have exact measurements for you! I really just estimated depending on the size of your bread and your preferences. Here, I took probably about 2 tablespoons of butter and melted it. Then added a sprinkle of salt, garlic salt, and oregano and mixed it all together.

After I mixed my butter, I took a spoon and poured the butter solution in the cracks of the bread. After I filled all of the cracks I poured the remainder of the butter on top of my roll. 

Once you are done pouring butter, put the mozzarella cheese in all of the cracks of the bread. Since, I am a cheese lover I put a lot! Put as much as you prefer! I also put a little on top. Here comes the hardest part of this whole process, wrapping the roll in foil. In my first attempt in making this, I wrapped it up not thinking the cheese would melt to the foil. So, when you wrap it make sure the foil does not touch the top of the roll! Pop it in the oven (350° F) for 20 minutes! Sometimes, I will unwrap it at 15 minutes and let the top get crispy for the last 5 minutes of baking!

And this beauty was my finished product! This bread was really good with my broccoli and cheese soup!