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Pull Apart Cheese Bread Recipe

Pull Apart Cheese Bread is an easy to make appetizer that the whole party will love! It's just what it sounds like - a loaf of crusty bread is sliced to pull apart and baked to perfection with two different kinds of cheese. There's also plenty of garlic butter to really send it over the top!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American, Italian
Servings: 8 people
Author: Becky Hardin

Equipment

  • Baking Sheet

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter melted (1 stick)
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 loaf crusty bread
  • 1 cup freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1 cup freshly shredded fontina cheese

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • In a bowl, stir the butter, garlic, parsley, and red pepper flakes together.
    ½ cup unsalted butter, 4 cloves garlic, 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
    overhead view of melted butter and herbs in a glass bowl.
  • Being careful not to slice all the way through the bread, use a bread knife to cut it into a 1 inch grid pattern. Slice strips in one direction and then rotate 90 degrees and slice strips in the other direction.
    1 loaf crusty bread
  • Brush the garlic butter into all of the cracks.
  • Stuff the cheese in between the slices.
    1 cup freshly shredded mozzarella cheese, 1 cup freshly shredded fontina cheese
    overhead view of bread stuffed with butter and cheese on a cutting board.
  • Wrap the bread in foil and place on a baking sheet. Bake for 20 minutes.
    pull apart cheese bread wrapped in aluminum foil on a baking sheet.
  • Unwrap and bake for another 5-10 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and beginning to brown. Serve immediately!
    unwrapped pull apart cheese bread on a baking sheet.

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Notes

  • You can use homemade bread in place of store-bought.
  • You can use olive oil in place of the butter.
  • Try another herb like thyme, basil, or dill in place of the parsley!
  • You can use cheddar cheese in place of the fontina.
  • Use a dense loaf of bread, such as sourdough, so that the bread won't fall apart too easily.
  • Make sure not to slice all the way through the bread; otherwise, the butter will leak out and pool at the bottom.
Storage: Store pull apart cheese bread in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.

Nutrition

Calories: 347kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 524mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 703IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 195mg | Iron: 2mg