Cheese and Bacon Pull-Apart Bread

I love bread with most dinners, especially when it's covered in cheese. Bacon just makes cheesy bread even better, so one day, I decided to combine cheese and bread on a fun pull-apart bread to go with our dinner. It was delicious.

I started out with a big unsliced loaf of sourdough bread. I cut it lengthwise and widthwise about an inch apart without cutting the bottom of the loaf.

Then I spread 2 cups of shredded cheese on top and then drizzled the butter and added the bacon bits and poppyseeds.

After wrapping the bread in foil, I baked it for 15 minutes.

Then I removed the foil, topped with 2 more cups of cheese and baked it for 15 more minutes until the cheese was fully melted.

Cheese and Bacon Pull-Apart Bread

Ingredients:

1 large unsliced loaf of sourdough bread

4 cups shredded cheese

½ cup melted butter

½ cup bacon bits
2 Tbsp. poppyseeds

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cut the loaf of bread lengthwise and width-wise without cutting the bottom crust.

3. Place on a foil-lined baking sheet. Spread 2 cups of cheese over loaf, pushing some down between the cuts.

4. Drizzle the butter over the bread.

5. Sprinkle bacon bits and poppyseeds over the bread.

6. Wrap the foil around the bread and bake for 15 minutes.

7. Unwrap the foil from around the bread and spread the remaining 2 cups of cheese on top of the bread.

8. Bake an additional 15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.