Name: Garlic Cheese Herb Pull Apart Bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Ingredients: 2/3 cup warm milk ((160 ml)); 1 tbsp honey ((20 gr)); 2 1/4 tsp dry yeast ((7 gr)); 2 1/2 cup bread flour ((325 gr)); 1 tsp salt; 1 egg (, room temperature); 2 tbsp butter ((30 gr), melted); 1 1/2 tbsp garlic powder; 3 tbsp butter ((45 gr), softened); 1 tbsp garlic powder; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; 2 tbsp chopped chives; 2 tbsp lemon thyme; 1.8 oz shredded mixed cheeses ((50 gr)); egg wash (1 egg with a splash of milk) (, for brushing)

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Oooh mamaaaaa!

You really NEED to make this garlic cheese herb pull apart bread! I know it's a mouthful name but this bread is worth to say its name out loud and without a doubt, extremely worth to make it.

And I'm not being crazy and hyper saying it to your face, I'm very calm. I'm almost Yoda.

Tips To Light And Soft Bread

Yep. This bread is light and soft. The ones that once you start eating, you can't stop.

My secret to light and soft bread is using honey and egg. Whenever I can, I will try to incorporate those 2 ingredients in my breads.

Typically you will need a sweetener in a bread, be it savoury bread or sweet bread. In savoury breads you will not need so much, just enough to help activate the yeast. Well for sweet breads, it's obvious.

So instead of sugar, I will try to switch it with honey. I said try because not all recipes are the same. Whenever I can, I will.

Adding egg will lighten the texture of the bread and help it rise higher also.

Try it, you'll definitely see the difference.

I know it goes without saying but try to use bread flour whenever you're making bread that needs kneading. I got lots of questions from you guys asking if you could use all purpose flour instead of bread flour.

Bread flour has higher protein content which will help in gluten development when we knead the dough. This will result in more elastic and extendable dough. (Cutting our science class short) And that my friend, will result in the soft chewy texture that we all love so much when we bite into a piece of bread.

I'm not a professional bread maker. But my simple rule is asking myself, does the dough needs to be kneaded? If the answer is yes, then I'll use bread flour. If not, then I will be free to use all purpose flour if I want.

Garlic Cheese And Herb

If you see in the video below, you'll see that for this recipe I'm using the combination of garlic powder and fresh herbs.

Garlic powder gives a more homogenous garlic taste to the bread instead of fresh garlic.

I'm using the herbs that I have in my tiny garden. You can use your favourite herbs, of course. Adjust it to your taste and make it yours.

For this recipe I'm using shredded mixed cheeses. There's no particular reason at all. I happen to have some in the fridge.

Use your favourite cheese. Parmesan, mozzarella, gouda, cheddar.. go crazy.

You can personalise this bread in so many ways.

I really hope you'll give this bread a try. It's good to eat on its own or as a side to a good soup.

Before You Go

If you're into more bread recipes, maybe you could check some of these out:

You can find more recipes in my recipe page.

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