Pull Apart Garlic Bread

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Pull Apart Garlic Bread - homemade pull apart garlic bread recipe that is easy, fool proof and yields the softest and best garlic bread ever!

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Pull Apart Garlic Bread

I am not a good baker, but once in while, when I chance upon great baking recipes, I would bookmark them and attempt the recipes at home.

So, when I saw this amazing pull apart garlic bread on Pinterest a few weeks ago, I immediately saved it to one of my boards.

I love garlic bread, especially those warm-off-the-oven, garlicky, buttery, aromatic pull apart garlic bread that I can just easily tear off and munch away.

While I like the regular loaf of garlic bread, sometimes it’s kind of a hassle as I need to slice the garlic bread before eating.

So the pull apart garlic bread works just great for me, as I can just tear it off and eat the bread whenever I like.

I gathered the ingredients and spent some time in the kitchen baking this wonderful pull apart garlic bread. The recipe is adapted from Carmel Moments but I reduced the ingredients into half.

I wanted to make sure that I don’t waste the ingredients in case I fail. The recipe is rather easy and straight forward to follow and fool proof.

A couple of hours in the kitchen and I had the beautiful bread in the kitchen!

For more bread recipes, check out my brioche and milk bun recipes!

Easy and delicious pull apart garlic bread loafs.

Ingredients

Ingredients for pull apart garlic bread.

Ingredients For Pull Apart Garlic Bread

  • Bread flour
  • Butter
  • Active dry yeast
  • Milk
  • Salt
  • Sugar
  • Water
Ingredients for pull apart garlic bread topping.

Ingredients For Topping

  • Parsley
  • Garlic
  • Melted butter
  • Salt

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.


How To Make This Recipe

Dough is divided into 2 equal portions.

Step 1: Add warm water to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with dough hook. Sprinkle sugar and yeast into the water. Let stand 5-10 minutes until foamy. Mix in butter, milk, salt and stir in the flour gradually. Knead for 7-10 minutes. Dough should stick to the bottom of the bowl but clears sides. Divide dough into 2 equal portions.

Dough balls dipped in butter mixture is placed into a loaf pan.

Step 2: In a small bowl, combine the butter, salt, parsley leaves, and garlic. Cut dough into small round pieces and dip into the butter mixture. Arrange the dough balls into two mini loaf pan or one regular loaf pan. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Reserve the leftover butter mixture.

Butter mixture is basted on the pull apart garlic bread.

Step 3: Bake at 350°F (176°C) for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Baste the butter mixture on the pull apart garlic bread after they are out of the oven.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many calories per serving?

This recipe is only 414 calories per serving.

homemade pull apart garlic bread recipe on table.

What To Serve With This Recipe

Pull apart garlic bread teared on table.

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4.51 from 264 votes

Pull Apart Garlic Bread

Pull Apart Garlic Bread – homemade pull apart garlic bread recipe that is easy, fool proof and yields the softest and best garlic bread ever!
Prep Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 50 minutes
Servings: 2 people
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Ingredients  

  • 1/2 cup warm water
  • 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 3 cups bread flour

Topping:

  • 4 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 1 pinch salt
  • some finely chopped fresh parsley leaves
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely minced

Instructions 

  • Add warm water to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with dough hook. Sprinkle sugar and yeast into the water. Let stand 5-10 minutes until foamy. Mix in butter, milk, salt and stir in the flour gradually. Knead for 7-10 minutes. Dough should stick to the bottom of the bowl but clears sides. Divide dough into 2 equal portions.
  • In a small bowl, combine the butter, salt, parsley leaves, and garlic. Cut dough into small round pieces and dip into the butter mixture. Arrange the dough balls into two mini loaf pan or one regular loaf pan. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Reserve the leftover butter mixture.
  • Bake at 350°F (176°C) for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Baste the butter mixture on the pull-apart garlic bread after they are out of the oven.

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Notes

  • Dough should stick to the bottom of the bowl but clears sides.
  •  You can divide the dough balls into however many pieces you would like to place into the loaf pan. 

Nutrition

Serving: 2people, Calories: 997kcal, Carbohydrates: 146g, Protein: 26g, Fat: 34g, Saturated Fat: 20g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 8g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 83mg, Sodium: 1394mg, Potassium: 315mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 10g, Vitamin A: 977IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 120mg, Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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180 Comments

  1. june haney says:

    I love this recipe. The rolls are great’ And the house smells yummy!

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks for trying the recipe. :)

  2. Katrucia says:

    Hello, grateful if you could please send me the measurement in grams .. Not too familiar with cup size.

    Thanks a lot

    1. Nancy says:

      You can google to find the alternate measurements you need.

  3. Lena says:

    Is there anything I can substitute for bread flour?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      All-purpose flour but the texture will be slightly different.

  4. Diane says:

    I made these for tonight’s dinner. They are very tasty. However, the only way they will look like the photo would be to baste with some melted butter after they are baked. This step was not mentioned in the recipe.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks Diane I will update the recipe of this pull apart garlic bread. :)

  5. Treena says:

    I made these tonight! Lovely dough, exact yield
    and so easy. No kneading, very important with my
    shoulder injury. My issue was that 30 minutes at 350
    was way too long. Keep an eye out, maybe check them in 20?
    Husband and my son loved them despite being very crusty.
    I can’t lie, me too!
    Loooooooove this site. So much.

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Thanks Treena. I will update the time, good suggestion.

  6. Sherry says:

    Can’t wait to have some! Dough is proofing now. :)

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Good luck with your garlic bread.

  7. fathima says:

    May I know what is bread flour? Is it nomal flour thats is used for cakes and other bakings?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      It’s flour used for making bread.

    2. Boon says:

      High grade flour which has higher gluten content than standard (or all purpose) flour.

    3. Gudy says:

      It is also called “strong flour”

      1. Gloria says:

        5 stars
        You can make strong flour. 1 Tbs. of gluten for each cup of all purpose flour.

    4. Wendy says:

      It’s called high protein flour in the baking ingredients shop

    5. Renee says:

      Bread flour has a higher gluten content. But you can substitute all purpose flour as well.

    6. Denise says:

      You can actually buy bread flour.

  8. Agnes Ma says:

    Pls advise the size of pan is used. Tks

    1. Ana Luisa says:

      A 9×2 ” loaf pan would be a good choice.

  9. Betty Ann Quirino @Mango_Queen says:

    This garlic bread recipe makes me want to run to the kitchen and bake bread right now. I can just smell the aroma. Thanks for sharing, Bee.

  10. rust says:

    Beautiful recipe …I will try them this evening!

    1. Jasmine Clemmons says:

      5 stars
      Delicious. The loaf pan was too deep, in that the center was โ€œunder bakedโ€ (said with a Paul Hollywood accent), so next time Iโ€™ll try a round cake pan to reduce the thickness. I accidentally used all the garlic butter for dipping so had to make more for the top – oh darn.