Pull apart cheese pepper bread

I have attempted making pull apart bread several times...let me tell you exactly how many times, 4 times ( if i do not count the cover ups..I never wanted to make this bread, the yeast failed yet again...this kind of bread is not fluffy..etc). Well, you might think I have great perseverance. Not always, but with this bread I did not feel like giving up. This bread has that artistic edge to it.
So this time with my new found secret (YES!!) bread flour recipe I made yet another attempt. The bread actually needs good quality ingredients else it may become sticky at the center where you place the cheese or butter.
Now before you forget about the bread flour..we do not get good quality bread flour easily in India. Even if we do, it is pretty expensive especially if you are like me experimenting where the chances of recipe going bust is higher. After reading a lot about bread flour and its textures, I made my own version. 


Ingredients
3 1/2 cups Whole wheat Bread flour
2/3 cup milk + 2 tbsp milk
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup oil/ 75 gm butter
2 1/4 tspn active dry yeast
2 tspn salt 
2 tbsp sugar
for filling
25-30 gm cheese (cheddar or parmesan)
2 tspn black pepper crushed
1 tspn mixed herbs (oregano, basil, rosemary)
Method
1) Mix the milk, oil ,sugar and butter and warm it till the mixture is homogeneous
2) Set aside the milk mixture till it is warm.
3) Mix the flour with salt and yeast.
4) Make a well in the flour basin, add the milk mixture and start kneading till it is soft and pliable about 10 min.
5) Set aside the dough for 30 min in a warm place.
6) In the mean grate the cheese, mix it with pepper and mixed herbs.
7) Take the dough and knead it again.
8) Make 6 parts of the dough.
9) Roll out each dough preferably in rectangular shape.
10) Cut 4 equal size shapes approximately the size equal to the depth of your bread pan.
11) Brush each square with milk. 
12) Sprinkle the cheese pepper mixture on it.
13) Stack the four slices on top of each other and set aside.
14) Repeat with remaining 5 balls of dough.
15) Grease the loaf pan with oil or butter
16) Hold the loaf tin, vertical and start stacking the dough squares on top of each other.
17) Let it stand for another 20 min or till they cover the tin's length.
18) Preheat the oven at 170c for 5-10 min
19) Bake the bread for 25 to 30 min or till it sounds hollow when tapped.
20) Brush with milk and bake for 5 more minutes.

Start pulling apart and enjoy










Comments

divyagcp said…
Very interesting bread.. Looks delicious..
Vardhini said…
Pull apart bread looks perfectly made.

Vardhini
CooksJoy
Pradnya..this is so cool...u guys are really killing me!!..swear..man ..I m going all fida on these breads.
now toh we must plan a visit either way!...SUPER !!LOVE IT!!
Jayanthi said…
Looks fantastic...looks so soft. Now that I've seen 2 pull apart breads, my next try is gonna be this bread for sure. Very nice bread and kuddos to your preservance.
Aarthi said…
very interesting bread
Champa said…
Nice. I love any bread that is savory.
Priya Suresh said…
Bread looks incredible,wish to have some slices..
Harini R said…
looks so very tempting!
veena said…
love the savoury bread
Chef Mireille said…
what a great bread..i've never done pull apart bread..now that I hve seen 2 from BM this week...will have to try it!
Rajani said…
The bread just looks perfect. The step by step pics make the bread less intimidating.
Kalyani said…
loved the step by step pics, Pradnya ! this is a family fav, although have never baked it..

bookmarking it :)


Kalyani
Sizzling Tastebuds
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Kalyani said…
oops ! forgot to mention, where do you get Bread flour- that too, whole wheat - in mumbai ?? Hypermart or Godrej nature's basket ?? Would love to try my hand at it.


Kalyani
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Srivalli said…
Great one Prdnya!..I love your step by step..great job there..I have made pull apart buns..will surely want to make loafs too..good to have you for the BM..enjoyed all your posts!
Padmajha said…
Looks so nice.Love your step by step instructions with clicks and you sure do have a lot of patience to try this over and over again till its done perfectly...
preeti garg said…
very creative...perfectly done
Inviting and tempting one....
Suma Gandlur said…
Intersting one. I thought you were talking about those where you plac e lumps of dough together and pull them apart after baking.
Cool Lassi(e) said…
Awesome looking pull-apart bread. I have bookmarked the sweet version from Joy the baker's site ages ago. Seeing your wonderful savory bread reminded me of that!

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