Holiday comfort food, oozing with cheesy and garlic goodness. Easy and versatile, can be tailored to all taste buds.
Prep Time10minutes
Cook Time30minutes
Total Time40minutes
Ingredients
1loafof breadsourdough loaf, italian loaf both work well
Garlic Butter:
6tbspsbuttersoftened
3large garlic clovesminced (or 1 tablespoon of bottled minced garlic + additional for garnish)
1/2tspdried oregano
1/2tspdried basil
1tspdried parsley
1tspred pepper flakesoptional
Saltto taste
Cracked black pepperto taste
Sprinkle of garlic powerfor an extra kick of garlic!
1cupMozzarella cheesemexican cheese blend works really well with this too!
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F
In a medium bowl, heat butter in the microwave until melted (about 20-30 seconds). Remove from microwave and mix in minced garlic, oregano, basil, parsley, red pepper flakes, salt, cracked black pepper and add a sprinkle of garlic powder.
Using a sharp knife, cut the bread diagonally into rows across the top. Cut about 1-1.5 inches through the bread, being careful not to cut all the way through to the bottom. Next, cut rows in the other direction (repeating the same step as before, just on the other side). Once you cut in the other direction, you will see diamond shaped pieces form.
Drizzle a spoonful of the garlic butter in between each wedge, making sure to get minced garlic into each wedge or as many wedges as possible. Next stuff cheese into each little wedge making sure you do not miss one - you will be glad you did this! You will use about half to a little more than half of the garlic butter during this step.
Drizzle remaining garlic butter over the top of the bread and top with additional seasonings (I sprinkled oregano, parsley and black pepper on top). You can also go in and stuff a bit more of minced garlic into each wedge, depending on your affinity for garlic! Also, adding additional seasonings on top gives the cheese an extra kick of flavor!
Cover with foil and bake for 15 mins, or until cheese has started to melt.
Uncover and bake for additional 10 minutes or until bread is starting to slightly brown and cheese has melted throughly.
Remove and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
this is a very versatile recipe, you can use more or less butter, more or less minced garlic, any combination of spices you like and you can use whichever cheese blends you prefer! Any meltable cheese will work well with this recipe. I find that mozzarella cheese tastes the best with this recipe, but that is just my preference!