Garlic cheesy monkey bread in bundt pan.
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Cheesy Garlic Monkey Bread | Kristin’s Quick & Easy Recipes

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You may want to be careful who you choose to follow. They may have you in the kitchen making cheesy garlic monkey bread. This recipe is comfort food X 10.

Garlic cheesy monkey bread in bundt pan.

INGREDIENTS

dough:
  • 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 ¼ teaspoons instant yeast
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 ¼ cups milk (lukewarm)
garlic cheese herb mix:
  • 2 Tablespoons butter (softened)
  • 1 bulb plus four garlic cloves (divided)
  • 2 ⅔ cups grated Swiss cheese
  • 2 ⅔ cups grated mozzarella cheese
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons CR herb mix – or your favorite herbs such as parsley and thyme
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

METHOD

make the dough:
  1. In mixing bowl (with dough hook attachment), combine flour, yeast and salt.
  2. Add milk and butter and mix on low until flour moistened.
  3. Increase speed to medium and mix for 6-8 minutes, until dough is shiny and elastic
  4. Cover (with a beeswax wrap, dampened cloth or plastic wrap) and let dough rise until doubled. (approx. 1 ½ – 2 hours)
roast garlic*:
  1. While dough is rising, roast the garlic.  Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
  2. Slice top off bulb of garlic and rub all over with olive oil.  Wrap bulb in aluminum foil and roast on a baking sheet for 40 minutes.
prepare cheese mixture:
  1. While garlic is roasting, prepare cheese mixture.  Crush the remaining four cloves of garlic and add to a large bowl along with cheeses, olive oil, herb mix, salt and pepper.  Stir everything together and set aside.
  2. Once garlic has finished roasting, squeeze the cloves from the bulb into the cheese mixture and stir to combine.
make monkey bread:
  1. When dough has risen, oil a 10-inch bundt pan.  
  2. Punch down dough and divide into roughly one-inch pieces. Roll and coat each ball of dough in the cheese mixture and place in bundt pan.
  3. Cover and let rise until puffy and almost reaches the top of the pan. (about 45 minutes)
  4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
  5. Uncover bundt pan and bake bread for 35 – 40 minutes until the top is a deep golden brown.
  6. Remove from oven and let bread cool for five minutes before inverting on a platter.  
  7. Serve immediately or can be reheated by placing in foil and placing in oven for 15 minutes at 250 degrees.

TIPS for Cheesy garlic Monkey Bread

  • *Roasting your garlic is not necessary but does add depth of flavor.  If using minced garlic, just add approximately 2-3 tablespoons (more or less to preference) to your cheese mixture
cheesy garlic monkey bread up close pulled apart.

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