Garlic Herb Pull-Apart Bread
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Recipe makes one 9 inch loaf pan or two 7 3/8 X 3 3/8 inch loaf pans
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Bread Dough Recipe:
*1/2 cup warm Water
*2 1/4 Instant Yeast
*2 teaspoons Sugar
*2 3/4 cups All- Purpose flour ( You can use Bread Flour makes a more dense dough)
*1/3 cup Milk
*1/2 cup salted Butter, room temperature or softened
*1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
*2 Eggs
Butter Garlic Topping:
*2 tablespoons Butter
*2 tablespoon extra light Olive Oil
*2 cloves Garlic, minced or pressed
*1/3 cup Flat Leaf Parsley, roughly chopped
*1/3 cup fresh Basil Leaves, roughly chopped
* 1/4 cup Rosemary Leaves, roughly chopped
*1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese, optional
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Bread Dough Instructions:
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In a stand mixer with bowl, add the warm water, yeast and sugar and allow to rise until bubbly.
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Then add 1/2 cup of the flour to coat the yeast mixture. Then add: Milk, butter, sea salt and eggs (adding one at a time) while mixing on medium speed. Slowly adding the remaining flour until a slightly sticky ball.
Remove dough ball from mixing bowl and place in a greased mixing bowl.
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Cover the dough with a slightly damp flour cloth dish towel and allow to rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour.
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Roll-out the dough with rolling pin into a rectangular shape on a floured surface. Pour and spread on the sautéed garlic, herb and butter/ oil mixture (Save some of the Sautéed mixture for brushing on the bread, for during and after baking.) Then add remaining herb and cheese toppings. (Cut edges off rolled rectangular pizza dough for more uniform squares in loaf pan and discard (only if desired, I just used the edges). Use a pizza dough cutter to cut squares with toppings, stacking 3-4 squares at a time and placing the stacks in loaf pans on their side until pan is full. Brush the loaf with garlic butter topping SEE garlic butter topping. Bake as described below.
Garlic Butter Topping:
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In heat skillet on medium heat, adding butter, olive oil and garlic. Sauté for 1-2 minutes.
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Brush the top of bread loaves with butter and garlic mixture, after baking for 15 minutes. Then continue baking for another 15-20 minutes and brush again with butter garlic mixture, after baking and enjoy warm.
Recipe adapted from Chez Us
Enjoy!
Lindy
