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This garlicy, buttery, cheesy deliciousness is one of our all time favorite foods to enjoy on the weekends. We pull out a favorite movie, or rent one from redbox and then make this cheesy bread. It is perfection. Seriously. We’ve used a combination of olive oil and Land O’ Lakes melted butter.
In my personal opinion the dough makes all the difference. I hate when I eat a pizza that tastes more like bread. It should taste like light, airy, crisp on the edges and bottom pizza dough.
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Every other pizza dough that we’ve tried has turned out pretty good, but it’s clearly homemade and never puffs all bubbly like a Pizzeria. ย This recipe, totally did the bubbly thing. I mean, check out that monster right there! I love it. I truly do.
And then you cut into it. This whole entire pan was devoured less than 3 seconds after this photo. Literally. The family heard the click and dove right in. Oh my cheesy deliciousness. That is all. Just make this.
Can You Use Regular Yeast Instead of Instant Yeast?
Active dry yeastย andย instant yeast canย generally be used interchangeably, in equal amounts.
Active dry yeast may take longer to rise, so you may need to add 15-20 minutes to your rise time.
How Do You Freeze Bread Dough?
Prepare bread dough as per recipe.
Let rise one time, and then divide into desired portions.
Wrap loosely in plastic and place in a freezer safe container.
Or, place on baking sheet in freezer for 1-2 hours, or until frozen.
Transfer to heavy duty freezer bags.
Can Cheesy Bread Sticks Be Reheated?
Wrap cheese sticks in foil, tenting the top a little so it doesn’t stick to the cheese.
Place in 350 degree oven for 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and bread stick is warm.
Garlic Cheese Bread
Garlic Cheesy Bread
Ingredients
The Dough
- 5 1/4 Cups Flour, lukewarm
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons Instant Yeast
- 1/2 Tablespoon Salt
- 1/4 Cup Sugar
- 1 1/2 Nickle Sized Drops of Soy Lecithin
- 2 Cups Warm Water
Cheese Bread
- 4 Tablespoons Butter, unsalted
- 1 1/2-2 Teaspoons Johnny's Garlic Seasoning
- 4 Cups Mozzarella, shredded cheese
Instructions
For the Dough
- In the bowl of your standing mixer, fitted with the dough hook attachment, mix the yeast, salt, sugar, and flour.1 1/2 Tablespoons Instant Yeast, 1/2 Tablespoon Salt, 1/4 Cup Sugar, 5 1/4 Cups Flour
- Stop the mixer and add the soy lecithin, then mix again. Keeping the mixer running add the water and mix until smooth.1 1/2 Nickle Sized Drops of Soy Lecithin, 2 Cups Warm Water
- Transfer dough to large bowl. Cover (not airtight), and allow to rest at room temperature until dough rises, about 15 minutes.
For the Cheese Bread
- Heat the oven to 500 degrees.
- Place the cast iron pizza pan or pizza stone (unless you are using a metal pizza pan) in the oven to heat up.
- Melt the butter in a small dish.4 Tablespoons Butter
- Add the garlic salt and stir to combine.1 1/2-2 Teaspoons Johnny's Garlic Seasoning
- Roll out the pizza dough on a floured work surface (we actually do the ol' toss method which keeps our dough nice and airy)
- Top with cheese and slide the dough carefully onto the hot pizza pan and place right back in the oven.4 Cups Mozzarella
- Bake for 5-10 minutes or until hot and bubbly then brush with the garlic butter mixture
Recipe Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
*The author received product samples and a gift package from Land OโLakes, including a serving bowl, measuring spoons, butter dish and skillet, for recipe development and review purposes. All opinions are my own.
I donโt have the soy lโรฉchine for this bread, what should I use?
Hi Diane! You can just omit it if you don’t have it. Enjoy!
I canโt wait to try this for our next family pizza night. I love cheesy bread. Does this recipe for the dough make one cheesy bread or two? Just wondering if the dough has to be divided in half once risen before cooking? Also, I donโt need to knead the dough at all if doing by hand? One last question, if I am going to make the dough the night before do I. Need to leave dough out two hours ย at room temperature or can it be immediately covered and put in fridge to rise over night? Thanks.ย
It makes one cheesy bread. The dough does not need to be divided in half. No, you don’t need to knead it by hand. After you allow it to rise for 2 hours the first time, it can be refrigerated and then baked straight from the fridge.
I just made this and it made my day. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe.
Oh, I’m so glad!!
Do I let the yeast rise before adding the flour? sorry if I missed a step or didn’t understand. I am anxious to try this cheese bread
Hi. This looks delicious, but would it be worth trying if you only have a cheap hand-held mixer?
For sure! In fact, if you’re willing to use a little muscle you could totally just use a wooden spoon. I hope you give it a try and like it!
hello there – just wanted to reach out & say hi & let you know how glad I was to be in the dip to win contest with ya (how did I not know about your great blog!) I’ve pinned this yummy bread recipe (so perhaps it will send a little traffic your way!) and may or may not have to slather it with my artichoke dip ๐
see the pin here: https://pinterest.com/pin/56787645273820313/
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So sweet of you! I’m glad we did that contest too! Did you win? I didn’t ever see who did.
I put lots of butter when I make potato soup.
butter on warm pancakes or waffles, yum!
My fave recipe using butter is my birthday cake rice krispies!! They are yummy- and we don’t just make them for birthdays!
Fave butter recipe…well, this week (LOL) that would be the PB Choc Chip cookie bars I made. But really, I go thru a ridiculous!! amount of butter every week ๐
same here! You should see when I check out at costco!