# Cheesy Garlic Bread

A fluffy cheesy pull-apart garlic bread loaf.

- Total time: 45 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 300 g plain flour
- 15 g caster sugar
- 6 g salt
- 1 sachet yeast
- 90 g milk
- 40 g cream cheese
- 1 large egg
- 20 g salted butter, room temp
- 150 g salted butter, room temp
- 60 g Gourmet Garden Cold Blended Garlic Paste
- 40 g Gourmet Garden Cold Blended Italian Herbs Paste
- 100 g mozzarella
- 1 egg wash
- 1 Tbsp water

## Instructions

1. Add all the dough ingredients, except the butter, to a large bowl and start kneading for 5 minutes until a soft dough forms.
2. Add the 20g of softened room temperature butter and knead it in for another 5 minutes.
3. Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover it & allow it to rise in a warm place for an hour. It should double in size.
4. In a small bowl combine the 150g softened room temp butter with Gourmet Garden Cold Blended Garlic and Italian Herbs Paste. Mix well.
5. Once the dough has risen place it on a floured surface. Roll into a square approximately 50cm x 50 cm. Spread the garlic butter all over using a spatula.
6. Sprinkle all the mozzarella over.
7. Using a pizza cutter, cut it into 16 squares.
8. Stack the squares ontop of one another in groups of 4 squares into a greased loaf tin. Cover & let it rise (proof) again for 45 minutes.
9. Heat the oven to 180°C. Once the loaf has risen (proofed) for 45 minutes egg wash it & sprinkle mozzarella ontop.
10. Bake for 35-40 minutes.

## Equipment

- large bowl
- mixing spoon
- spatula
- pizza cutter
- loaf pan
- oven

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@scarlactive/video/7252613151961713921?lang=en
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/86f2329a-b41a-4ecb-afd9-e83d01a1202e
- Extracted: 2025-01-18

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