Easy cheesy garlic pull apart bread is everything you’d want out of baked bread: it’s buttery flavor, chewy and cheesy texture, and perfectly bite sized. A crowd pleaser and loved by every child in my home. It is a side dish that comes together so quickly, uses many ingredients I already have on hand, making this a budget friendly addition to any meal.

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Easy cheesy garlic pull apart bread will become a weekly staple side dish – or even snack! – in your house after you try this recipe. It is everything you would want from bread – with warm, cheesy, and buttery center and crispy flavorful crust – it is sure to be a hit with your family!

The bread comes together quickly and is incredibly easy on the budget because most of the ingredients you will find are already in your pantry.

Why you’ll love this Easy Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread

Less than 30 minutes – From preparing the bread to baking, it comes together quickly and bakes even faster to make a tasty side dish.

Delicious – There is just something about the combination of butter, cheese, and garlic!

Budget friendly – The entire recipe costs less than $5 to put on the table and the majority of the ingredients I always have on hand.

A Kid Favorite – A weekly staple in my house – my kiddos love it (peep their hands pulling their bites of bread in the pictures!)

Supplies needed to make Easy Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread

Baking pans – I use these stainless steel quarter sheet pans with the cooling rack
This is the exact parchment paper that I use.
Cheese grater
Microwave safe bowl
Spoon or basting brush for sauce

Ingredients

loaf of bread, butter, cheese, and spices on a counter

Italian Loaf – I love an italian loaf for this recipe! You can really get any loaf of bread if you can’t find italian!

Shredded Cheese – Any cheese will do! I used shredded white cheddar.

Butter– Melting my butter before use ensured I get down into the cracks and crevices of the bread.

Seasonings – Garlic powder, dried parsley flakes, oregano, red chili flakes, and salt and pepper come together with the butter and cheese making this such a delicious bread!

The full recipe, along with the ingredients, can be found below.

How to make Easy Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread

cross hatch cut load of bread on parchment paper — Cut your bread using a serrated knife.

hands showing cross hatch cuts on loaf of bread — Cut your bread using a serrated knife.

First, begin with preparing your bread. Cut it into a cross hatch design, or up and down the bread. You just don’t want to cut all the way to the bottom! place your bread on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.

Then, begin stuffing your shredded cheese into the cracks of each slice. Be sure to disperse your cheese evenly.

Next, melt your butter in a microwave safe bowl and mix together your seasonings and melted butter. You can basted or spoon your butter and seasoning mixture over the bread, focusing on getting the mixture over and into each crack.

Finally, place your bread in the oven and wait for it to become slightly toasted on the outside. Your cheese should be melted and the aromas coming from your oven should smell buttery and garlicy.

child's hands pulling cheesing bread pieces

child's hand picking pull apart bread off of cookie sheet

child's hand pulling bread from cookie sheet to eat

Tips

You can use any cheese for this recipe! I used shredded white cheddar cheese. Other cheeses that would be great would be mozzarella, monterey, colby, and mild cheddar.
If you don’t have butter, you can use a neutral tasting oil instead.

FAQs

The key ingredients are Italian loaf of bread, cheese, butter, and seasonings.

Once cooled, place in storage bag and place in the fridge for up to 4 days.

Absolutely! You could use monterey, colby, mild cheddar, mozzarella, or whatever cheese you have on hand!

If that cheese “stretch” isn’t important to you, the possibility is endless with different types of cheese flavors.

Additionally, it would be delicious as just a parmesan and garlic butter pull apart bread as well!

You can freeze freeze the bread before baking by following a few simple steps:

Following the recipe for cutting slits in the bread, prepare your bread for the butter and the cheese
Allow your butter to come to room temperature (instead of placing the butter in the microwave to melt) and mix your seasonings into your butter. Then, you can use a butter knife to place the butter mixture into each crevice and slice.
Instead of shredding the cheese, you can slice the cheese into thin slices and place a slice down into each crack. This may mean some cracks don’t end up with cheese!
Then, wrap your bread up in parchment paper, then wrap in aluminum foil, and place in a zip lock bag for freezing to eat at a later time.
To bake (if baking frozen), keep your bread wrapped in the aluminum foil and parchment paper, place on a cookie sheet, and bake on a low temperature until full cooked.
To bake (if baking thawed), keep your bread wrapped in the aluminum foil and parchment paper, place on a cookie sheet, and bake at 375 until fully melted and gooey.

Yes! The cheese may be a little more difficult to spread evenly amongst all the crevices but will be simpler to place between each crack when compared to shredded cheese.

Recipe

Easy Cheesy Garlic Pull Apart Bread

Combine cheese, butter, and bread, and I will love the recipe! This recipe is so delicious that my kiddos are always asking for it. It makes a great snack or side dish, too!

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 10

Total Time 25

Course Side Dish, Snack

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Equipment

Serrated Knife
Parchment Paper
Cookie Sheet

Ingredients

1 large Italian Loaf
4 oz Shredded Cheese
½ stick Butter melter
1 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Dried Parsley Flakes
1 tsp Oregano
Salt and Pepper to taste (I used 1/4 tsp each)

Instructions

Using a serrated knife, cut slits down your bread using a cross hatch-like design. Making the cuts wide enough to leave bite sized chunks of bread. I left about a 1"-2" space between each. No need to be perfect during this step! Just don't cut all the way through the bottom!
Once you've finished cutting your bread, begin gently stuffing the cracks of your loaf of bread with your shredded cheese.
Next, melt your butter in a microwave safe bowl. This only takes a few seconds in your microwave!
Stir all of your spices into your butter and begin spooning or basting over your bread, focusing on each opening.
Bake at 375 for about 10-20 minutes, depending on your oven and preferred doneness! We like our bread soft, warm, and melty. If you like your bread crunchy, go for a little longer than 10 minutes!

Notes

Tips

You can use any cheese for this recipe – mozzarella, white cheddar, colby, monterey, and so on. The stretchier, the better. But, whatever you have on hand works!
If you don’t have butter on hand, you can replace it with a neutral tasting oil.

Keyword Aldi, budget friendly, Kid favorites, Less than 30 minutes