Savory Pull Apart Bread

This is a great bread recipe! I got the recipe from my friend Carolyn over at Carries Cooking Corner and it is awesome. I did change it just slightly by cutting up the dough into squares rather than strips, just so that it would be easier to pull apart. I bet this recipe could be adapted to use different herbs with great success - maybe finely chopped fresh or dried rosemary or garlic bread seasoning.


Savory Pull Apart Bread

1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon yeast
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons softened butter
1 egg
1/2 cup butter, melted
dried dill (or other herb/herb blend of choice)

In the bowl of a stand mixer combine water and yeast and let stand for 5 minutes. In a separate bowl combine 1 cup of the flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt, and 2 tablespoons of softened butter. Add to the yeast mixture and mix. Add egg and beat for 3 minutes with dough hook. Add remaining flour until a soft dough is formed that pulls away from sides of bowl (you may use more or less than 1 1/2 cups flour). Knead with dough hook for another few minutes then turn out dough onto a floured surface.

Roll out dough into rectangle shape. Cut long strips of dough and then cut the other way to create lots of squares. Place a layer of dough squares in the bottom of a greased bundt pan. Drizzle the layer with melted butter and then sprinkle generously with dill. Do another layer of dough squares, then butter and dill, repeating until you use up all the dough ending with butter and dill. Cover with non-stick sprayed plastic wrap and let rise for 1-1 1/2 hours, or until it has risen almost to the top of the bundt pan.

Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20-23 minutes. Turn out onto a plate and serve.