An impressive, addicting, easy to make appetizer: cheesy pull apart garlic bread. Take an ordinary sourdough loaf and turn it into something magical. Be sure to watch the recipe video too!
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Can we talk about how delicious pull apart garlic bread is for a moment?
It has all the things we love: melted butter, crushed garlic, freshly grated mozzarella cheese all wrapped up in a warm, soft, (yet perfectly crusty) sourdough bread round.
This recipe truly elevates sourdough bread and takes finger foods to the next level. It’s a gorgeous party appetizer or addition to the dinner table too!
Basically say goodbye to ordinary and boring garlic bread because this is the only way you’re going to want it now.
And to top it off (literally) this pull apart garlic bread goodness pairs perfectly with my moms famous bread dipping sauce.
It’s an olive oil and balsamic vinegar based dipping sauce that my family devours at just about every holiday and get together.
This pull apart garlic bread deliciousness is:
Perfectly cheesy
Garlicky
Great for a low-fuss yet impressive party appetizer, or even a Friday night in, because carbs.
Cheesy Pull Apart Garlic Bread with the most amazing balsamic bread dipping sauce. This loaf is garlicky, addicting, a party appetizer favorite and loaded with stringy mozzarella cheese. Delicious to dunk it in soup or marinara sauce too!
Preheat oven to 350°F. In a medium sized bowl, mix the shredded mozzarella cheese with the garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, pepper and red pepper chili flakes. Set aside.
Using a bread knife, carefully cut the bread in strips in one direction, rotate the bread and cut in the other direction. Only cut about half way down the bread, not all the way!
Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl for ~30 seconds or until completely melted. Stuff the cheese mixture in between all the crevices of the bread. Drizzle the melted butter all over the top.
Place the bread on a baking sheet lined with foil. Loosely cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and broil for 2-3 minutes or until cheese is bubbling.
While the bread is in the oven, whisk all of the ingredients for the dipping sauce together in a small bowl.
Serve with the bread. Pull-apart, dunk and enjoy!
Video
Notes
Use a different combination of cheeses in the bread loaf if you’d like. Mozzarella is best for the stringy cheese pulls but you can also add in cheddar, Brie, Bleu cheese, etc.
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This was fun and easy to make! Amazing recipe. My family devoured it! Will definitely make again.
This was so good. ALLLLLL the cheese!!
Seriously ADDICTIVE! It went so fast!
I just had garlic bread the other day! Your’s looks a lot tastier!!
Aw, so sweet! thank you so much Liz!
this bread is 100!! So good, and the step-by-step videos are so awesome!
Lauren! Thank you so much!! 🙂 I am glad you love em! xo, Tawn
OMG wow! I was drooling just looking at this recipe
Aw, thank you so much!! It’s def drool worthy, haha! xo, Tawnie
Wow!! This Cheesy Garlic Bread looks AMAZING!! This is such a family-friendly meal!
Thank you so much!! 🙂 xo, Tawnie
I love this! Perfect to serve with any noodle dish!
Thank you so much Noelle!