Tear-and-Share Garlic Cheese Bread

 Garlic bread is one of my family's favorites ^^

I have to make it quite often, and because of that I always try to make some adaptations each time (as I don't like to make the same recipe again and again, haha). It's fun to make something new and it's more fun when it's delicious.

So, from simple garlic bread, this time I turn it into garlic cheese-filled bread. Bake it in a load of garlic butter, my sister said that this bread is like frying the dough in the butter than baking it, ^^.

I bake this bread in a pan into the Tear-and-Share bread, so the inside of the bread is softer than an individual bun. If you want the cheese to be gooey serve it while hot or warm the bread slightly before serving.

Tear-and-Share Garlic Cheese Bread

18x18cm pan

Bread dough

200 g ................... Bread flour
20 g ..................... Granulated sugar

3 g ....................... Instant yeast

3 g ....................... Salt

150-160 g .......... Milk
20 g ................... Unsalted butter

Cheese filling

50 g ................... Milk

100 g ................. Pizza cheese

Garlic butter

35 g ................... Garlic, finely chopped

85 g ................... Unsalted butter

1/8 tsp ............... Salt

1/8 tsp ............... Dried parsley

Put the flour, sugar, and yeast into a bowl and whisk to combine.

Put the salt into the bowl and whisk again.

Pour the milk into the bowl and mix to combine.

When the dough forms remove from the bowl.

Knead for 7-8 minutes.

Knead until smooth.

Put the butter into the dough and knead for 5-6 minutes more.

Roll the dough into a ball.

Put the dough into a bowl, cover it, and let it rise for 1 hour.

Line a small pan with plastic wrap.

Put the milk and pizza cheese into a pan.

Place the pan over low heat.

Cook until melted.

Remove from the heat, pour into the prepared pan, cover the cheese with the plastic, and let it cool completely.

Divide the filling into 9, wrap it with plastic wrap, and roll it into a ball.

Put the garlic into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and heat in the microwave (600W)  for 1.30 minutes.

Let the garlic cool completely before using.

Put the butter, garlic, salt, and dried parsley into a bowl.

Mix to combine.

Brush an 18x18 cm. pan with 1/3 of the garlic butter, and set aside.

When the bread dough is ready.

Divide the dough into 9 equal pieces.

Roll each piece into a ball, cover the dough, and let the dough rest for 20 minutes.

When the dough is ready. Pat the dough into a 10-11 cm. circle.

Place 1 piece of the filling in the center. Cover the filling.

Pinch to seal.

Place the dough into the prepared pan.

Brush the top of the dough with the rest of the garlic butter.

Cover and let it rise for 40 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 190℃.

Bake in the 190℃ preheated oven for 18-20 minutes. 

Let it cool slightly and serve warm.

Tear-and-Share Garlic Cheese Bread