Cheesy Pull Apart Sourdough Bread

I kept seeing versions of these all over the Internet and finally decided to try it.  My photos are not very good but they do show the cheesy goodness of the dish.  It is super easy and I really don’t see how you could ever go wrong combining bread,  butter, and cheese.  
This dish would also be great as a game day party appetizer.  Leave it to me to suggest a game day snack after the prime seasons are all over!  But we will be ready when they roll around again!

I may never post a healthy recipe.  

Cheesy Pull Apart Sourdough Bread

Ingredients:
-4 Tbsp. Butter (kept very cold, and sliced very thin)
-4 oz. cream cheese
-8 oz. of your favorite melting cheese (ex. cheddar, jack, muenster, etc…) I used: Tillamook Garlic Chili Pepper Cheddar Cheese thinly sliced.
-2 medium round loaves sourdough bread (slightly bigger in size than the bread bowl)
-sliced green onions (if desired)

Preheat your oven to 400°F.  With a bread knife make crosshatch cuts in each loaf making sure to not cut all of the way through them. About 2/3s of the way is perfect.  
I used butter for one loaf and cream cheese for the other (My son Sam does not like cream cheese).  So you can omit one or the other (butter or cream cheese) if you want.  But you will have to double the amount of the one you keep so you have enough for both loaves.
Anyway, place the thin slices of either the cream cheese or butter in between all of the cuts you made (see photo). The butter and cream cheese sort of began to get soft in this process so you can see I kind of had to press it in the caverns.  Follow with the cheese.  Top with the sliced green onions (if desired).  Bake in hot oven uncovered for about 20 to 30 minutes (until you have a hot melty mess). Now EAT!!!
note: For normal people this should serve about 8 (as a side dish).  In my house it was enough for 4:)

yummy versions of this bread from around the web:

Bacon Double Cheeseburger Pull Apart Bread-The Slow Roasted Italian

Vegetable Pizza Pull Apart Bread-US Masala

Cheesey Mushroom Pull Apart Bread-Beantown Baker

Cheesy Pull Apart Bread-Brown Eyed Baker

Stuffed Cheesy Bread on Crack-Food Wanderings in Asia

These all put mine to shame but you get the idea…..

2 Comments

  1. Bluemel's says:

    wow…I may not be able to browse your blog again until I’m shopping for a cheat day! uber yum!

  2. I know and I am sorry:)

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