Best homemade Italian cheese bread recipe

Italian Cheese bread

Ingredients

Dough ingredients

4 2/3 cups flour

2 packet instant yeast

3 teaspoons sugar

3 teaspoons salt

2 teaspoons garlic butter

4 tablespoons olive oil

1 1/2 cups Warm water

Garlic butter ingredients

6 tablespoons melted butter

2 tablespoons minced garlic

1 teaspoon Garlic powder

1 teaspoon Salt

2 teaspoons Italian seasoning

Toppings

Mozzarella cheese

Italian seasoning

Directions

Preheat oven to 425°F

Dough:

Mix one cup of flour, yeast, sugar, salt, garlic powder, until combined.

Add olive oil and warm water and mix with a wood spoon until combined.

Gradually add the rest of the flour and knead until a dough consistency has formed.

Form dough into a ball.

Drizzle olive oil in a separate clean bowl, making sure the whole bowl is covered in oil.

Place the dough ball into the sep arate bowl and cover.

Let it rise for 30 minutes or more.

Spread oil or butter on your baking pan.

Knead lightly before transferring to a baking pan.

Use a rolling pin and roll it out until it’s about a quarter inch thick.

Use a fork to make holes all over the surface of the dough.

Melt 3 tablespoons of butter and add your minced garlic salt, garlic powder, and Italian.

Spread a thin layer of your garlic butter mixture onto the dough.

Add your mozzarella cheese on top of the dough.

Bake at 425 for 14 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

After you remove from the oven, add the rest of your garlic butter to the top of the cheese bread and follow that with some extra Italian seasoning.

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