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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 (please follow me) 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!
How Many Calories per Serving?
This recipe is only 414 calories per serving.
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Pull Apart Garlic Bread
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.
Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
Went to buy bread flour and yeast today. No sight of either anywhere due to panic buying. Wondering if self-raising flour or multipurpose flour can work. Any substitute for yeast. New in bread baking here. Thank you.
You can try self raising because it has baking powder so it will rise. Without yeast, all purpose flour won’t rise.
How unhealthy can we get? On second thoughts you got me.
Excited to try this recipe but I have one question: It says “arrange the dough balls to your desired shape … Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.” Do I do that in the bread pan itself or will that constrict them?
Thanks!
No it should be OK, just like the pictures, they will be great! :)
This is an incredibly good recipe. I have been baking bread for many, many years but this recipe is so easy that anyone can successfully make it. My grandchildren always ask for this garlic bread because they love that they get to pull off chunks! Thanks so much for posting another great recipe.
I have not tried any of the recipes, but looking forward in doing so!!
Best garlic bread recipe ever written ⭐️???
Thanks so much for your kind words about this pull apart garlic bread.
My dough didn’t rise. Any tips?
Your yeast could be old. Or it wasn’t warm enough in your kitchen. Or there wasn’t enough humidity in the air. Try keeping your yeast in the freezer or refrigerator for longer shelf life. And try placing a a 2 cup measuring with 1 1/2 cups water in the microwave, and run on high for 3-4 minutes. Leave the water in the microwave, and place your covered dough inside and shut. If the yeast is not old, this should work.
I made this and my husband has requested that I make it frequently. It was Yummy!
That’s good. Carolyn, make all my recipes and your husband will be a very happy husband. :)
Can I use Kamut flour in this recipe?
I don’t know what is kamut flour. Please follow the recipe.
Hello:
I love baking and just found this recipe in my save box; will be making this tomorrow.
Made this today and it was delicious! I don’t think it’s going to last through the night. I did make a few changes:
– I let my yeast mixture sit for 15-20 mins to fully activate – I think the cold weather made it take a little longer.
– The dough only needed 3 or so minutes of kneading in my mixer before it was ready come out.
– Instead of using a loaf tin, I baked all the dough balls in a single layer in a round cake tin at 350F for 30 mins to avoid any under-baking or sogginess.
Will definitely be making this garlic deliciousness again.
Hi Brandie, thanks for trying this pull apart garlic bread. Your garlic bread sounds like a monkey bread, which is amazing I am sure. :)