Cheesy Pull Apart Garlic Bread (With Biscuit Dough!)

This gooey cheesy pull-apart bread with biscuit dough is made fast and easy! Packed full of delicious Italian flavors, delicious cheese and layers of fluffy biscuit dough, this recipe is always a hit, Serve it as a side with dinner or as an appetizer by itself.

 

Why We Love This Cheesy Pull Apart Bread

• Quick And Easy– This recipe uses refrigerated biscuit dough, which makes it pretty quick and easy to put together
• Impressive For The Table– Cheesy bread always seems to get a big wow from my family at the table, this is just a new way to serve it. This pull-apart garlic bread style that is gooey, packed full of Italian herbs and cheesy goodness. With all of its fluffy layers, it almost looks like a Hasselback potato
• Tasty! – Don’t underestimate just how delicious this cheesy bread is to eat! It’s kind of like a cheesy monkey bread full of pull-apart bites except you cook it in a bread pan instead of a Bundt pan. Packed full of buttery, herb and garlic deliciousness, everyone’s mouth starts watering when they smell this cheesy bread!
• Delicious Appetizer Or Side Dish- Add a little marinara sauce or pizza sauce for dipping and you have a delicious appetizer like the pizza places sell, or serve it with Italian food, chicken, beef, or any meal where you would serve dinner rolls.

Ingredients For Cheesy Pull Apart Bread

• butter melted plus extra for the baking pan
• parsley dried, you can also use a few tablespoons of fresh parsley
• minced garlic 
• red pepper flakes
• biscuit dough I’ve used Pillsbury Grands. Some of the store brand doughs are a little stickier to work with. You can also use regular biscuit dough and just make sure to cut dough in half so you have two thin rounds. Crescent rolls dough can be used, but it takes a little more work to make the loaf pretty in the pan because of their shape.
• shredded cheese I used a mix of cheddar cheese, pepper jack cheese and mozzarella cheese.

How To Make Cheesy Pull Apart Bread With Biscuit Dough

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×5-inch bread pan with extra melted butter or cooking spray.
2. Open biscuit can and carefully peel each of the biscuit pieces apart to make two thin pieces of dough. You need sixteen thin and round pieces of dough total.
3. Melt butter then mix with parsley, garlic, and red pepper flakes. Mix shredded cheese together in a separate bowl if using multiple kinds of cheese.

4. Use a silicone brush to brush the dough with the butter mixture. Add a sprinkle of cheese to the dough. Add another piece of dough and repeat for all dough pieces until you have two large stacks. It can be helpful to make two stacks do the dough doesn’t fall over.

5. Carefully transfer stack to a bread pan. Brush the dough with any remaining butter and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.

6. Brush the dough with any remaining butter and sprinkle any remaining cheese on top.
7. Cover with tin foil and bake for 30-35 minutes.

8. Remove tin foil and bake an additional 5-10 minutes or until top of loaf is golden brown. Serve warm, enjoy!

Variations and FAQ

Change The Cheese- I used an even mix of mozzarella, pepper jack and cheddar. Any semi-hard shredded cheese that is melty will work well in this recipe. Mozzarella, provolone, monterery jack, havarti, munster and gouda are all great options. You’ll need 1 1/2 cups total of cheese. A sprinkle of parmesan cheese on top can also be delicious.

Add Italian Herbs– You can swap a tablespoon of Italian seasoning for the parsley to give the recipe even more of an Italian herb bread taste.

Skip The Cheese– You could skip the cheese in this recipe. You would be left with buttery herb pull apart bread. If you are skipping the cheese, go a little heavier with the butter between the slices.

Add Pesto– We love pesto in our house and always have a jar of basil pesto in the house. Try drizzling a little in between the pieces of bread, or between every other slice. A little goes a long way as pesto packs a lot of flavor.

Serve with Marinara- If I’m serving this as an appetizer, I like to add a bowl of warm marinara. My guests always like dipping!

Is This Cheesy Pull Apart Recipe Spicy?

The red pepper flakes in this recipe do give the bread just a little bit of a kick, which can help offset the cheesy butteriness. If you aren’t a fan of any spice though you can leave the red pepper flakes out. If you prefer more spice you can add a few more red pepper flakes!

How Long Will Cheesy Pull Apart Bread Last?

Leftovers of this bread can last 3-4 days if stored in a covered airtight container in the refrigerator.