Crack Bread
This cheesy crack bread recipe makes the perfect appetizer! A crusty loaf of bread, cut in and X's, filled with garlic butter, herbs, bacon, and cheese, this delicious pull-apart bread will disappear in no time!
Servings: 1 Loaf
Calories: 414kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 loaf of crusty french bread
- 1 stick of salted butter melted
- 2 Tablespoons of Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup tops of green onions sliced
- 3 cloves of minced garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 teaspoon dried mustard
- 8 ounce block of each: Monterrey Jack and White Cheddar Cheese sliced
- 1 package of real bacon bits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- With a sharp bread knife, diagonally cut the bread, NOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, leaving about 1-2 inch spaces, then do the same going the other way to gt an “X” pattern.
- Place bread on a large sheet of foil.
- Slide the slices of cheese in between the crack
- Sprinkle with bacon pieces and using your fingers make sure that some of them get pushed down in the cracks.
- In a glass bowl or measuring cup, melt butter.
- Add to it the oil, spices, onion and parsley.
- Give it a good stir and drizzle it over the bread, taking care to get it down inside the cracks.
- ere it is ready for the oven!
- Wrap the foil around the bread and bake it for 10 minutes.
- Unwrap the top and bake for another 10 minutes for cheese to get bubbly.
- Serve warm.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 414kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 649mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g