Cheddar Bacon Ranch Pull Apart Bread Recipe

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Remember yesterday when I posted my 2012 goals?

Remember how the first personal goal was to lose weight?

This was not a step in the right direction. But it was a tasty detour and I just have to share it with you!

I’m calling it Cheddar Bacon Ranch Pull Apart bread.

Plain Chicken (source of the original recipe and inspiration) calls it Cheddar Bacon Ranch Pulls.

It’s all just words, the bread is what really matters!

The cheese + bacon + ranch butter take this loaf of sourdough into criminal territory. I don’t even want to tell you how quickly my husband and I ate this ENTIRE loaf of bread. Next time I make this, I will be sure I have already eaten dinner and there are tons of witnesses present. Maybe then I’ll be able to practice self control!

Cheddar Bacon Pull Apart Bread

Source: Plain Chicken

Ingredients:

• 6 oz of shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon of ranch dressing mix
• 5 slices of bacon, cooked until crispy and crumbled into pieces
• 1 round loaf of sourdough bread

Directions:

1. First you are going to want to cut your bread into pullable pieces. I did not take pics while I was doing this. So you are going to have to deal with one of my laughable diagrams. Make sure you have a SHARP knife to do this, or even better a bread knife. Basically I cut the bread in half horizontally and vertically (being sure NOT to cut through to the bottom of the loaf) and then from one side of the loaf to the other I made more straight cuts. Then I turned the loaf and did it the other way. Here’s my diagram (you can laugh, I did):
2. Next you are going to want to mix your ranch mix with your butter and pour that butter into all of the cracks and crevices of the bread. You really want it to get in there!
3. Once your bread is buttered, go ahead and stuff your cheese and bacon in between the bread “pulls”. Get it in there!
4. Now you want to cover your entire loaf of bread in foil. I put the foil under the bread and then brought it to the top and pinched it closed.
5. Cook for 15 minutes at 350
6. Take out and open the foil and cook for another 10 minutes.

Serve!

How many does this serve? Well I guarantee one person could probably eat the whole thing by themselves if they were motivated enough. But I’m going to say 5-7 guests as an appetizer.

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6. Enjoy!