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Parmesan and Herb Monkey Bread


Parmesan and Herb Monkey Bread

About this Recipe:

This delicious savory bread is a variation on the traditional sweet monkey bread. It should be served while warm or it won't taste good. You can serve this bread with a balsamic vinegar and olive oil dip.


Main Ingredients:

Bread Flour: 1.25-1.5 cups
Parmesan Cheese: 1/2 cup , grated
Water: 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp, warm
Active Dry Yeast: 1 tsp
Salt: 1/2 tsp
Butter: 5 tbsp (in room temperature)
Egg: 1
Garlic: 1 clove, pressed
Dried Rosemary: 1 tsp, crushed
Dried Basil: 1/2 tsp


Directions:

1. If using bread machine, add yeast, water, flour, cheese, salt, egg and 1 tbsp butter in the order suggested by your bread machine manual and process to form the dough then skip to step 6. Otherwise start from step 2.

2. Dissolve yeast in warm water and let it stand for 3 min.

3. Mix the flour, Parmesan cheese and salt together.

4. Mix the dissolved yeast, egg and 1 tbsp butter with of the flour and form to dough.

5. Knead for 15 min or until dough becomes smooth and elastic.

6. Cover and leave the dough in a warm place for 1.5-2 hours or until doubled in bulk.

7. Turn out the dough into a lightly floured surface and punch down. Knead for 2 min.

8. Divide it into 16 pieces and shape them into small rolls.

9. Meanwhile melt the rest of the butter in a skillet and add garlic and herbs.

10. Dip each ball in butter-herb mixture and layer in baking pan so that in the first layer, they are close enough but bot touching each other to give them room to rise.

11. Drizzle the remaining butter over the dough and sprinkle over with some Parmesan cheese.

12. Cover and leave the dough for 15 min. Meanwhile preheat oven to 375 F.

13.Bake the dough for 30 min or till golden.

Published on February 3, 2008
Last edited on May 5, 2009
Herbs & Spices in this Recipe:

Basil
Basil
Rosemary
Rosemary

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Servings
 
6
Easiness
 
Difficult
Prep Time
 
20 min
Cook Time
 
25 min
Inactive Time
 
2 hours+15 min
Ready in
 
3 hours
7 Ratings
 
Average rating: 4.14


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