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Easy Herb Garlic Pull Apart Bread From Scratch

Published: Jul 3, 2023 by JAYANTHY · This post may contain amazon or my other affiliate links · 2 Comments

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The herb-garlic butter-infused dough is perfectly baked until golden brown and served pull-apart style. It is flaky, flavourful, and truly irresistible. I bet it is going to be your favourite pull-apart bread ever.

garlic herb butter pull apart bread

Pull Apart Bread with Herb Garlic Butter is a delicious combination of savoury goodness you can’t resist. It has a deliciously crunchy crust and is moist and soft inside. As the name says, it’s easy to split the bread and enjoy it as it is.

Why’ll love the recipe

This recipe is so easy, and with just a few basic bread ingredients and some kneading and shaping skills, you can make homemade pull-apart bread to enjoy with your family and friends. The satisfying tearing and sharing of this bread make it a fun recipe to try, especially with kids. Get started in your kitchen and make pull-apart bread from scratch today.

Ingredients for Easy Herb Garlic Pull Apart Bread

The measurements are given below in the recipe card. There are two tabs. One is the US cup, and the other is Metric measurements. Do click the tab according to your preference.

  • all-purpose flour
  • yeast
  • milk
  • butter
  • garlic
  • mint

How do you know if yeast is alive?

Firstly, before starting to make the bread, activate the yeast. Add lukewarm milk to a bowl with measured sugar and yeast. Wait for ten minutes. A healthy, activated yeast will pop to the top and bubble as in the picture. Do not skip this.

bloomed yeast in milk and sugar

Step-by-step instruction of how to make herb garlic bread

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, add all-purpose flour, sugar, and salt and mix with a spatula. To it, add the bloomed yeast and mix on medium speed until it mixes well.

add yeast mixture to the flour

Then add 1 cup of whole milk to the flour mixture and run the stand mixer for five to six minutes. Now switch off the power. Scrape the dough from all sides until the dough mixture combines well.

Add a teaspoon of unsalted room-temperature butter and start kneading on high speed for four to five minutes.

after mixing yeast to the flour add milk
after kneading for a few minutes add butter

Window Pane Test

You can see the smooth, soft, shiny dough is ready. The best and easiest way to check if the dough is ready is by Window Pane testing.

If you can stretch the dough without it breaking, that means the gluten is well developed and your dough is ready to use.

test the dough with window pane method

Place the dough in a well-greased bowl and grease the top, and cover it with a kitchen towel or cling wrap and let it prove. It almost takes one and a half hours to two hours until it rises double in size.

grease a bowl and place the dough to prove

Meanwhile, prepare herb garlic butter spread for the dough.

chopped garlic and mint in a bowl

Chop garlic into small pieces and add chopped mint. Now add salt and soft butter and mix well to a spread consistency.

add salt and soft butter and mix well.
Mix well

Allow the dough to rise for 11/2 to 2 hours or until it double in size. Punch down the dough to deflate the air.

punch the risen dough to deflate the air pockets

Transfer the risen dough onto the dusted silicon mat or a clean kitchen counter.

dust flour on a silicon mat and transfer the dough

Roll the dough flat to a rectangle or square shape to the width size of the loaf tin. Just place the loaf tin as shown in the picture. Now spread the herb garlic butter throughout the dough.

roll the dough to the size of the loaf tin
spread herb garlic butter throughout the rolled dough

Roll the herb garlic butter-smeared dough gently to a log shape and seal well. Cut the log into equal slices as shown.

roll the dough from the sidewards
cut into equal slices

Stack the cut slices into the loaf tin tightly. Cover the pan for a second rise until it rises doubled in size.

stack the cut pieces into the loaf tin

After the second proof, apply milk wash to the top layer.

After the second proof, apply milk wash to the top layer.

Preheat oven to 180°C. Bake for 30 minutes (I baked in Microwave Convection mode), then remove the loaf tin from the oven and brush the top of the bread with melted butter.

preheat oven to 180* and bake it for twenty to twenty five minutes until golden brown.

Allow the pan to cool for only 10 minutes. Gently run a knife around the edges to loosen the pull-apart bread, turn it out, and cool it completely.

How to pull-apart the bread?

Once the bread is cooled, you can start tearing it apart. Gently pull or twist one end of the loaf to separate a chunk. From there, tear pieces off one at a time, pulling the bread apart in the opposite direction of the grain. This prevents the bread from tearing into too many small pieces.

after pulling apart the bread

Serving Suggestions For Herb Garlic Pull Apart Bread

Once you’ve pulled apart as many slices as you need, enjoy the warm, fresh bread with your favourite spread (if you really need it). I have it as it is, as it is already smeared with herb-garlic butter. The aroma and texture of bread pulled apart right from the loaf are hard to beat, and I bet the full loaf vanishes within a few minutes.

Variations

You can pair butter with any herb. I chose mint because it is my favorite. Secondly, Italian herbs like rosemary, thyme, etc go well with butter. Also, cheese and herbs are the perfect combo. However, these are the basic savory pull-apart bread variations. Finally, for making sweet pull-apart bread, any flavored jam with cream cheese goes well too.

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If you make this recipe, please let me know what you think! I would appreciate you leaving a star rating and comment below, which means a lot to me. Happy Baking!

Recipe Card 👇

Easy Herb Garlic Pull Apart Bread From Scratch

Jayanthy Asokan
Pull-Apart Bread with Herb Garlic Butter is a delicious combination of savoury goodness you can’t resist. It has a deliciously crunchy crust and is moist and soft inside. As the name says, it’s easy to split the bread and enjoy it as it is.
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Proofing Time 2 hours hrs 30 minutes mins
Total Time 3 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
Course Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine American
Servings 5 people
Calories 397 kcal

Equipment

Microwave Convection Oven
Mixing bowl
Spatula
Stand mixer
loaf tin 8 ½″ * 4 ½

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1¼ cup milk ( ¼ cup lukewarm milk for blooming yeast )
  • 1½ teaspoon instant yeast
  • 2 teaspoon sugar ( add 1 teaspoon in milk for blooming yeast and 1 teaspoon in the flour mixture )
  • ½ teaspoon salt

For making herb garlic butter

  • 3 tablespoon unsalted butter ( softened butter )
  • 10 cloves garlic cloves ( chopped )
  • 3 sprigs mint leaves
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Instructions
 

  • Firstly, before starting to make the bread, activate the yeast. Add lukewarm milk to a bowl with measured sugar and yeast. Wait for ten minutes. A healthy, activated yeast will pop to the top and bubble as in the picture. Do not skip this.
    bloomed yeast in milk and sugar
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, add all-purpose flour, sugar, and salt and mix with a spatula. To it, add the bloomed yeast and mix on medium speed until it mixes well.
    add yeast mixture to the flour
  • Then add 1 cup of whole milk to the flour mixture and run the stand mixer for five to six minutes. Now switch off the power. Scrape the dough from all sides until the dough mixture combines well.
    after mixing yeast to the flour add milk
  • Add a teaspoon of unsalted room-temperature butter and start kneading on high speed for four to five minutes.
    after kneading for a few minutes add butter
  • If you can stretch the dough without it breaking, that means the gluten is well developed and your dough is ready to use.
    test the dough with window pane method
  • Place the dough in a well-greased bowl and grease the top, and cover it with a kitchen towel or cling wrap and let it prove. It almost takes one and a half hours to two hours until it rises double in size.
    grease a bowl and place the dough to prove
  • Chop garlic into small pieces and add chopped mint. Now add salt and soft butter and mix well to a spread consistency. Keep it aside.
    Mix well
  • Allow the dough to rise for 11/2 to 2 hours or until it double in size. Punch down the dough to deflate the air.
    punch the risen dough to deflate the air pockets
  • Transfer the risen dough onto the dusted silicon mat or a clean kitchen counter.
    dust flour on a silicon mat and transfer the dough
  • Roll the dough flat to a rectangle or square shape to the width size of the loaf tin. Just place the loaf tin as shown in the picture. Now spread the herb garlic butter throughout the dough.
    spread herb garlic butter throughout the rolled dough
  • Roll the herb garlic butter-smeared dough gently to a log shape and seal well. Cut the log into equal slices as shown.
    cut into equal slices
  • Stack the cut slices into the loaf tin tightly. Cover the pan for a second rise until it rises doubled in size.
    stack the cut pieces into the loaf tin
  • After the second proof, apply milk wash to the top layer.
    After the second proof, apply milk wash to the top layer.
  • Preheat oven to 180°C. Bake for 30 minutes (I baked in Microwave Convection mode), then remove the loaf tin from the oven and brush the top of the bread with melted butter.
    preheat oven to 180* and bake it for twenty to twenty five minutes until golden brown.
  • Allow the pan to cool for only 10 minutes. Gently run a knife around the edges to loosen the pull-apart bread, turn it out, and cool it completely.
  • Once the bread is cooled, you can start tearing it apart. Gently pull or twist one end of the loaf to separate a chunk. From there, tear pieces off one at a time, pulling the bread apart in the opposite direction of the grain. This prevents the bread from tearing into too many small pieces. Enjoy with cup of your favourite beverages.
    after pulling apart the bread

Nutrition

Serving: 1personCalories: 397kcalCarbohydrates: 65.2gProtein: 11.7gFat: 9.8gSaturated Fat: 5.6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.7gMonounsaturated Fat: 2.4gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 25.4mgSodium: 261.2mgPotassium: 235.7mgFiber: 3.2gSugar: 4.8gVitamin A: 334.8IUVitamin C: 2.1mgCalcium: 101.9mgIron: 3.7mg
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  1. Leander Fernandes

    July 3, 2023 at 2:26 pm

    5 stars
    Beautiful and that herbs and garlic giving this bread an awesome flavour

    Reply
    • JAYANTHY

      July 3, 2023 at 5:15 pm

      Thank you so much! Do try and let me know your feedback.

      Reply

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