Cheesy Bread

By Stina

Ingredients

• 8 oz shredded Mozzarella cheese
• 1 lb shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/2 to 1 cup chopped green onion (to taste)
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 2 Tbsp sour cream (optional)
• 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 stick unsalted butter (1/2 cup, 4 ounces), softened to the point of being slightly melted
• 1 to 2 loaves of French or Italian bread (I used Ciabatta), depending on the size of the loaves

Details

Servings 30
Adapted from simplyrecipes.com

Preparation

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My friend Michelle loves to throw big parties, with plenty of food and plenty of friends. I think it must be the large Italian family thing, one is never at a loss for food or great company at her house. One of my favorite dishes that usually makes an appearance at Michelle's is this "cheesy bread", a sort of cross between garlic bread and pizza. It's a great way to help feed a lot of hungry people, and easy to pull together, even at the last minute. Big thanks to Michelle, who tracked the recipe down from her friend Mark, who is happy to share it with us.

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In a large bowl, mix together the cheeses and the green onion. Stir in the mayonnaise and sour cream. In a separate small bowl blend the butter and garlic until smooth. Add the butter mixture to the cheese mixture.

Preheat broiler. Slice loaf of bread in half horizontally, lay crust side down. Spread cheese mixture over the bread. Place under the broiler until nicely browned, about 3 to 5 minutes.

Makes 30 to 40 slices.

Gosh this looks so delicious. If only I had some bread right now, this would be broiling in my oven. Guess I know what to add to my shopping list for tomorrow! Thank you for sharing! :-)

OHHH!!! Gotta try this! My diet loving friends will lovingly kill me for this, but must try! My mom used to make something similar, but on english muffins, and with chopped eggs and such. This looks like everything I loved, but cheesier, minus the stuff I didn't like!

Perfect timing. Thanks so much. I had six friends all meeting here for drinks before we went out to a concert together. We weren't going to be eating until afterwards so guess what I served? We have a great little french bakery at the end of our street so I ran down there to get a couple of baguettes, picked up some Mozzarella and had it all mixed and ready to go when they got here. So good, and it's freezing here right now, so some toasty warm snacks in our tummies really helped. By the way, 8 people, two baguettes,devoured the lot. narry a crumb left. Just the yummy memory.

That sounds a lot like a cheesy bread recipe a friend always makes for gatherings. She adds sliced olives to her cheese mixture and scatters some sliced pickled jalapenos on top before broiling. It's so unbelievably tasty that I demanded the recipe upon eating a piece.

One question: do you think the mayo can be replaced with sour cream? I'm not a fan of using mayo (even homemade), but I think the mayo is essential in this recipe, to add a nice mouth-feel and texture. I suspect replacing it with sour cream won't achieve the same thing, though...any suggestions?

This is similar to an appetizer I make. I use shredded cheddar cheese, green onions, mayo and crescent rolls. I unroll the crescent rolls and cut each triangle in half lengthwise then I put a little bit of the cheese mixture in the center and roll up and bake until golden brown. A wonderful person, who's no longer with us, gave this recipe.

That looks delicious and addictive. I'll have to wait for a larger gathering to try it out. Yum!

This sounds a lot like my tomato bread. I add minced fresh garlic to butter, slather it on a horizonatally cut italian bread, top it with sliced tomatoes and shredded mozzarella and bake until the cheese is melty and good. It is an unbeatable appetizer that goes quickly.

I'll have to try this one at my next gathering (or for a change from a pizza dinner). One thing I usually do when I make breads like this is broil them a few minutes before putting the toppings on - it makes the bread a little crunchier by drying it out a little.

I have to second JrezIN's comment from above. Granted Pao de Queijo is a bit different than this sort of cheesy bread but if you like this kind you will also like the Brazilian rolls. Oddly enough I learned about them in Japan, have made it a couple of times with grated Edam cheese and they're addictive. The dough is super easy to make but it is sticky and messy to form the balls. I urge you all to try these-- they really are addictive.

I have a similar recipe with just minced shrimp, mayo, green onions mixture. It's yummy.

This sounds like something that my mom used to make and now my guests love me to make. This one is also super easy. Slice French bread (or Ciabatta), spread sour cream on the slices, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and stick it under the broiler until bubbly and a little browned. Serve warm! :)

Sounds yummy! I make a very similar version only using jalapenos instead of green onions. Yum.

I make a similar version of these Cheesy Breads as an appetizer for parties. I don't use the sour cream or butter but add a small can of sliced black olives and a couple tablespoons of dry Ranch dressing mix. I spread the mixture on slices of French bread bagettes and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 - 15 minutes. Everyone loves these Cheesy Breads, I can't go to a party without promising to bring along a big batch. I will try this version and see how it goes over. I will probably omit the sour cream and the butter just to keep the fat content down a little bit, looks like there is plenty of fat with just the mayo in the mix.

Wow, that bread looks tasty! I am the official garlic bread maker in my house, but I'm hanging on to this recipe for our next occasion to serve bread because it looks delicious. Thanks for sharing!

Also, because we were housesitting that day and I didn't have access to the garlic I normally keep in my house, I "had" to use some sort of jarred "Italian (and something else I don't remember) Garlic" mix instead of regular garlic. This was some type of fancy minced garlic in, I'm assuming, some type of oil...and it had some type of little bits of red spicy pepper, I think...anyway. It was WONDERFUL! It smelled exactly like Papa Johns garlic butter dip for pizza. I digress. But my point is, if anyone has access to anything like this, it makes a quite lovely substitution for "plain" garlic!

I made the addition of a half a cup of sweet yellow onion, roughly chopped, to balance out all the cheese. I also used twice as much garlic and a couple of tsps of dried chives. It was unbelieveable, my fiance and I have been eating it all day. I'll have to eat nothing but dry lettuce the rest of the week to balance out the calories!

Simple, easy and a huge hit at any party! Thank you for the recipe, I make this for functions but never really had a recipe for it!

However, as far as your "Method" is concerned, why would you opt to mix the butter and garlic in a small bowl and then add to the cheese mixture, instead of mixing the butter and garlic, then mayo and sour cream, adding the cheeses and green onions, all in the same bigger bowl?

Great recipe. We added jalepenos for an extra kick!

Can I mix all the ingredients together and keep it in the fridge for few days? Will the taste change?

Or can I apply it on the loaves and then freeze it? I am planning to make it for a Friday evening potluck, and won't have time to do everything after I come back from the office.

You can mix the spread ingredients together and refrigerate them, should taste fine. ~Elise

I made this up and put the mix in the fridge to use for several events and everyone loved it!

I didn't separate the breadsticks, I laid them all flat to cover the cookie sheet and then I baked them. When they were ready, I spread the mixture on top and popped it back in the oven.

I found the cheese proportion too much for 1 loaf so I just halved everything and also added some shredded Monterrey Jack. It was great! And the left-over heated up nicely in the toaster over for a snack later on that night. Thanks! It was a great, easy recipe!

I've made this as written, but last night I added some chopped chicken (from a store-bought roasted chicken) and used grated parmesan and romano cheeses instead of cheddar. It was insanely delicious and made a wonderful meal with some chilled Riesling wine. It's definitely a recipe to play with. Next time I will add some Italian Seasoning, chopped sundried tomatoes and cooked, crumbled sausage along with some sliced black olives. The possibilities are endless. I love this website because the recipes are so unique, and many of them can be altered to suit individual preferences. Thank you, Elise, for all the wonderful recipes and the research you do for your fans. My favorite recipe website!

I only used half the mixture for a small party last night. It was yummy and very well received by the guests. Can I freeze the rest or do you recommend spreading it on the bread and freezing that?

Hmmm, I don't really know. I think I would spread the mixture first and freeze that. But you might try doing it both ways to see which works best for you. ~Elise

I made this again today to go with ziti. Delicious as always! I usually just use the leftover spread for more bread, but got to thinking. Have any of you used it to flavor something else? I was tempted to add it to the scrambled eggs we had for dinner, but shied away. It's such a strong flavor, I was afraid it would overpower the eggs. Suggestions?

Definitely something to make again maybe with some variations, like the olives that someone mentioned... Yum!

Great recipe I do this one a lot and add crab on top when in season unreal flavor

Anyway, it was delicious of course - the whole family loved it! I had a little bit of the cheese mixture leftover and ended up enjoying that for a late-night snack with some triscuits. I could, unfortunately, just eat the cheese mixture by the spoonful - it's THAT good!

This is the BEST cheesey bread. My mom and I used to make this 25 years ago. But we added chopped black olives.

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