Cream Cheese Stuffed Pull Apart Bread Recipes

ALMOST-FAMOUS STUFFED CHEESY BREAD

Steps:

• Make the dough: Whisk the sugar and 3/4 cup warm water (about 105 degrees F) in a bowl. Sprinkle the yeast on top and set aside until foamy, about 10 minutes. Stir in the vegetable oil. Whisk the flour and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center, pour in the yeast mixture and stir with a wooden spoon to make a shaggy dough. Turn out onto a generously floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes, dusting with more flour as needed. Form into a ball. Brush a large bowl with vegetable oil; add the dough, turning to coat with the oil. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature until doubled in size, about 1 hour, 30 minutes.
• Make the filling and topping: Toss 1/2 cup mozzarella, the cheddar, pecorino, garlic salt, granulated garlic and dried parsley in a bowl. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Put an inverted baking sheet in the oven; preheat for 10 minutes. Line another inverted baking sheet with parchment paper and sprinkle with the cornmeal. Cut the dough in half; transfer 1 piece to the parchment-lined baking sheet and stretch into an 8-inch square (keep the other piece of dough covered). Sprinkle 1 side of the square with 1/2 cup of the remaining mozzarella, then fold the dough in half to enclose the cheese, pressing to seal. Slice the dough crosswise at 1-inch intervals, stopping just before the folded edge. Sprinkle with half of the cheese-garlic mixture. Move the dough to 1 side of the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining dough, mozzarella and cheese-garlic mixture on the other side of the baking sheet. Slide the bread on the parchment onto the hot baking sheet in the oven. Bake until the dough is cooked through and the cheese is golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool slightly, then pull apart into breadsticks.

ROASTED GARLIC AND FOUR-CHEESE PULL-APART BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Put the garlic cloves on a square of heavy foil, drizzle with the olive oil and sprinkle on some salt and pepper. Wrap it up and bake until the garlic is golden, nutty and mushy, about 1 hour. Let cool. Lower the oven temperature to 350 degrees F.
• Mix the garlic together with the 4 cheeses, chives, crushed red pepper flakes and some black pepper in a bowl.
• Cut the bread in strips in one direction, being careful not to cut all the way through the loaf. Rotate the bread 90 degrees and cut in the other direction. Stuff the cheese mixture in between the rows. Drizzle the melted butter all over the top.
• Wrap in foil and bake for 25 minutes. Open up the foil and bake until the cheese is hot and bubbly, another 10 minutes. Serve immediately.

CREAM CHEESE STUFFED PULL APART BREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Brush bottom of 10-inch cast-iron skillet with 1 tsp. butter.
• Separate biscuits. Split each biscuit horizontally in half to make 2 rounds.
• Mix cream cheese with 1-1/2 tsp. rosemary and 1/2 tsp. garlic powder in medium bowl until blended. Spoon evenly onto centers of biscuits, adding about 2 tsp. cream cheese mixture to each biscuit. Gather edge of each biscuit over top of cream cheese mixture, completely enclosing cream cheese mixture; pinch edge of dough together to seal. Roll into ball.
• Place, seam sides down, in single layer in prepared skillet.
• Mix remaining butter and garlic powder until blended; brush onto tops of biscuits. Sprinkle with remaining rosemary.
• Bake 22 to 25 min. or until golden brown.

EASY PULL APART CHEESY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F Slice the top of the bread both horizontally and vertically without going all the way through Stuff the mozzarella cheese cubes in between the slices of bread Transfer the mozzarella-stuffed loaf to a baking sheet lined with foil Combine shredded cheeses in a medium mixing bowl Mix in the garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and parsley Sprinkle the cheese mixture over the bread, gently pushing some down in between the slices Pour the melted butter over the entire loaf Wrap the loaf loosely in foil Bake for 20 minutes Unwrap the foil from the bread and bake another 5 minutes, until the cheese is melted completely