Name: Cheese and bacon pull-apart garlic loaf recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 450g plain flour; 2 tsp caster sugar; 20.00 ml instant yeast; Pinch salt; 30g butter, melted; 250.00 ml milk, warm; 125g butter, melted, extra; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 20.00 ml chives, chopped; 150g bacon, diced; 150g grated tasty cheese

by Greer Worsley Last updated on 12/08/2022

Enjoy the comforting smell of bread baking, with the added bonus of garlic, cheese and bacon. This delicious pull-apart loaf is easy to whip together, and will fill everyone up for lunch or afternoon tea. - Greer Worsley

Ingredients

3 cups (450g) plain flour
2 tsp caster sugar
1 tbsp instant yeast
Pinch salt
30g butter, melted
1 cup milk, warm
125g butter, melted, extra
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tbsp chives, chopped
150g bacon, diced
150g grated tasty cheese

Method

Step 1

Place flour, sugar, yeast and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer with the dough hook attached. Mix well. Combine melted butter and warm milk in a jug and pour into the flour mixture. Mix for 9-10 minutes until dough is smooth and springs back when pressed. Transfer to an oiled bowl and cover with cling film and a tea towel. Set aside somewhere warm for 1-1.5 hours until doubled in size.
Step 2

Turn dough out onto a floured kitchen bench and knead lightly. Roll out into a 50cm x 20cm rectangle. Cut in half lengthwise and then across into 10 equal rectangles.
Step 3

Line a loaf tin with baking paper.
Step 4

Combine extra melted butter with garlic and chives. Cook bacon in a frypan for 2-3 minutes, then remove and drain on paper towel.
Step 5

Brush garlic butter onto each bread rectangle. Top with cooked bacon and grated cheese. Fold each rectangle in half to enclose the fillings then place fold side down, vertically, in the loaf tin. Add a little extra grated cheese between each bread piece. Continue until you have 10 folded bread pieces stacked side by side into the tin. Cover with a tea towel and set aside to prove for 30 minutes.
Step 6

Preheat oven to 180C fan-forced.
Step 7

Drizzle remaining garlic butter over the loaf and top with any leftover grated cheese. Bake for 25 minutes until golden. Enjoy warm or at room temperature.

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

You can use strong bread flour but plain flour will work just as well.

If you don’t have a stand mixer, you can mix by hand. Start with a wooden spoon until ingredients are combined, then turn out onto the kitchen bench and knead for several minutes until dough is smooth and springy.

Recipe and photo by Greer Worsley.