Garlic Pull Apart Bread
A recipe for rich, soft, buttery, garlic-infused pull apart bread. The perfect accompaniment to dinner!
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
Bread
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/4 teaspoon instant or rapid rise yeast
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for kneading
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Garlic Filling
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
- In a microwave-safe bowl, combine the milk, butter, sugar, and salt. Heat in 30-second increments until the butter melts. Allow to cool for a minute or two so it's just lukewarm.
- Meanwhile, add the egg, yeast, and 2 cups of flour to a large mixing bowl. When the butter mixture has cooled, pour it in and mix together using a spoon. When it starts coming together, then take it out of the bowl and put on a floured counter and knead until smooth. Shape into a ball.
- Place the dough in a greased bowl, cover, and let it rise for about an hour and a half to two hours. The dough should puff up quite a bit, but not quite double. I like to turn the oven on for 30 seconds, turn it off, then put the bowl in there. Then no matter how cold our house is, it still rises.
- While the dough is rising, mix together the garlic, butter, and garlic salt. Set aside.
- When the dough is done rising, place it on a lightly floured surface. Pat it out until it’s about 1/4 inch thick. Cut about 3 1/2 to 4-inch circles with a glass or biscuit cutter - the top of a large mason jar is the perfect size. You’ll end up with about 9-10 dough circles. If the dough is still pliable, take the dough scraps and form another circle. Discard the remaining scraps.
- Lightly grease a loaf pan. The pan I used was about 8.5” by 4.5”. Spread the garlic butter on one side of each circle. Fold the circle in half, garlic butter side inside, and place in one end of the pan fold side down. Continue filling up the pan with the rest of the dough.
- Cover the pan with plastic wrap. Let it rise for another 90 minutes. When it’s close to done, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Take the plastic wrap off the loaf and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until done.
- Remove the bread from the oven and brush with the melted butter. Take the loaf out of the pan and serve warm.