Pull Apart Garlic Bread – Pieczywo Czosnkowe do Odrywania – Recipe #234

Ingredients:

Dough:

• 1 and 1/3 cup of warm water 330 ml
• 1 and 1/2 tsp of instant dry yeast
• 1 tbs of sugar
• 3 cups of flour 450 g
• 1 tsp of salt

Filling

• 1/3 cup of soft butter
• 2 or 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 tbs of parsley
• Salt to taste

Instructions:

1. In the bowl of you stand mixer combine lukewarm water, sugar, and yeast. Give it a stir and set aside.
2. Add salt to the flour and give it a whisk to combine.
3. Add flour to water and yeast mixture and using dough hook attachment let the mixer work on medium for 5 minutes. You should get smooth and elastic ball of dough after that.
4. Remove the dough from the bowl. Knead few times and form a ball. Place back in a bowl sprayed with a non stick spray, spray the dough as well to prevent drying out. Cover and let it rise until doubled in size (1.5 – 2h).
5. Add garlic, butter, salt and parsley to small food processor and process until all is smooth and well combined. Set aside.
6. Spray loaf baking pan with a non stick spray.
7. Roll out the dough into rectangle about half a cm thick (1/4 in). 
8. Once the dough is rolled out, spread the garlic butter evenly. 
9. Using a pizza cutter, cut 6 long strips. Stack them on top of each other and then cut into 8 even pieces.
10. Hold the pan up on its end and stack the dough squares carefully in the pan. Arrange to fill the form evenly.
11. Brush the top with melted butter, cover and let it rise until it fills in the form.
12. Bake in 180/350 for 35 min. Cover with aluminium foil if it is browning too fast.
13. Let it cool down a bit before removing from the pan. Serve still warm.

Enjoy!