Bread Recipe Herb

A no yeast bread that is super quick to prepare! With swirls of herbs and ribbons of melted cheese, this is a wonderful afternoon tea served with lashings of butter, or for dipping into soups.

I like to wedge chunks of cheese in the batter so you get lovely pockets of cheese and the lovely textured crust on top.But you could just mix it through – even faster to prepare!!

I’ve actually got reasonable upper body strength. My challenge is my height. Sigh. OK, there you have it. I haven’t admitted this on my blog before but not only do I have abnormally small Baby-Hands, I am also vertically challenged.

Hot Herb Bread Recipe

For those of you also in the same boat, you will understand when I say that kneading is much harder for short peoplebecause the work surface is higher and you don’t get the benefit of being able to push down with your body weight.

So. I love no yeast breads that don’t call for kneading – quick breads like this recipe, and these No Knead Dinner Rolls.

The ingredients of this no yeast bread are similar to a muffin but I altered the recipe to make it lesscrumbly, making it suitable to slice and even to toast. It is light, fluffy and super moist.

Herb Bread (no Knead!)

Ilike to add the herbs and slices of cheese inafter pouring the batter into the bread tin so that you get “swirls” of herband pockets of cheese in the bread, rather than almost invisiblebits of herb and grated cheese all throughout which you can’t really see. But this step is optional. The easier and faster way to make this is to mix grated cheese and herb into the batter, then just pour it all into the tin.

This bread lasts quite well – really fresh for 3 days in a very airtight container, up to 4 is ok. Beyond 4 I would toast it and store it in the fridge.

Serve this as a side for meals, or for afternoon tea served with lashings of butter. It’s also fantastic for dipping into soupsand slow cooked stews!

Bread Machine Herb Bread

2. You can substitute with pre sliced cheese but I found it did not work as well because they are slightly thinner so they sort of disappear when baked. Cutting it yourself means you can cut them slightly thicker so you will end up with some ribbons of melted cheese in the bread.

You can also substitute with grated cheese. If you do this, mix it straight into the batter just before pouring it in the tin.

Tasty cheese is a common type of cheese here in Australia. A great all rounder and very good value. You can use any type of melting cheese with flavour / salt that you wish. Colby, Monterey Jack, cheddar, gruyere are all great! I don't recommend Mozzarella - it does not have enough salt or flavour for this particular recipe.

Italian Herbs & Cheese Bread

3. You can substitute this with 1 cup + 3 tbsp milk at room temperature + 1 tbsp vinegar. Set aside for 10 minutes until the surface of the milk curdles. Then use the milk, including the curdled bits, as the buttermilk in this recipe.

Serving: 104 g Calories: 271 cal (14%) Carbohydrates: 29.5 g (10%) Protein: 10.5 g (21%) Fat: 12.3 g (19%) Saturated Fat: 5.1 g (32%) Cholesterol: 62 mg (21%) Sodium: 512 mg (22%) Potassium: 230 mg (7%) Fiber: 1.2 g (5%) Sugar: 1.7 g (2%) Vitamin A: 300 IU (6%) Calcium: 240 mg (24%) Iron: 2.2 mg (12%)

I believe you can make great food with everyday ingredients even if you’re short on time and cost conscious. You just need to cook clever and get creative!I do love a food mash up. The idea of throwing two good things together to make a new wonderful thing always makes me smile (think pizza cones and cronuts).  So, when I was asked to come up with a recipe using a new mash up ingredient soon to hit supermarket shelves I couldn’t resist!

Fresh Herb Bread

Philadelphia is launching a new grated cheese product which is a mash up of cream cheese and tasty cheese all in one. How perfect, because I had been wanting to try a recipe for a little while now which would be the perfect vehicle to showcase this new cheese.

Savoury and sweet pull apart breads have being winding their way around the internet for a little while now, and I have watched their rise with interest. When approached to create a recipe using Grated Philly and Tasty, the idea of making a garlic herb and cheese pull apart bread was so well received that I got onto planning the recipe immediately.

Really, you could use this recipe for any savoury pull apart. For my recipe, I’ve used a half quantity of my family’s tried and tested pizza dough as the bread base (this makes two pull apart loafs) and then topped it with a fresh herb mixture, garlic and cheese which is then cut into squares and piled on top of each other to fit in a loaf pan (see below). Other than waiting for the dough to rise and prove, the rest of it is pretty simple – and the results are scrumptious.

The Best Garlic Bread You'll Ever Eat

It does get a little messy cutting the piling the squares on top of each other with a little herb-and-cheese-alanche every now and again, but what is cooking without getting your hands dirty? It is all worth it in the end as the resulting bread is moist, incredibly fragrant and perfect to serve as a side with your next meal. And, because it makes two, you can always freeze the second loaf before you bake it for the next time you have people coming over and you want to impress with some homemade bread.

Mix the flour, yeast, salt, sugar and bread improver together in a large bowl. Add half of the water to the dry ingredients and then mix, slowly adding the remaining water whilst mixing. When all mixed together the ingredients should come together in a ball at this point transfer to a floured bench top.

Add the olive oil to the ball of dough and knead it in. If necessary, add extra flour if it becomes too sticky and continue working dough. The kneading is extremely important as it is a necessary technique to ensure the dough will rise and be fluffy. You want to kneed the dough till the texture is smooth and elastic.

Gluten Free Herb Batter Bread

Return the dough to the bowl, cover it with glad wrap and then a tea towel and keep warm until the mixture doubles in size – this can take 1 – 1.5 hours depending on the weather).

When risen, knock the dough back in the bowl and then take it out, cut it in half and roll each half out to a large rectangle about 50cm x 25cm, then trim the edges to straighten. 

Spread the top of each with 1/2 butter then scatter the crushed garlic, herb mixture and grated philly and tasty cheese over both rectangles.

Italian Herb Bread Recipe

Cut each rectangle into strips, to the height of your loaf tins, with a very sharp knife and lay the strips on top of each and cut the layered strips into squares the width of your tins.

Grease or line your loaf tins, and then stack the squares on top of each other, turn the stack on its side and place them into the tins (don't worry if your dough doesn't reach the edge of the tins, the dough will rise again with the final proof). Cover the tins in glad wrap and set aside for 30 minutes.

Remove the glad wrap from the loaf tins and bake in the over for 55 minutes until the tops are golden. Remove from pan and let it rest for 10 minutes before removing from the tin and serving warm.

Easy Garlic Herb Bread

Chew Town would like to acknowledge its partnership with Philadelphia for this post. You can read Chew Town’s disclosure statement here for more information on brands that Chew Town chooses to work with and why. The recipe above was created, developed and photographed by Chew Town using the ingredient of Grated Philly & Tasty at the request of Philadelphia.

*** UPDATE*** I’ve had a lot of questions about how to cut and stack the dough to fit in the pan. Please find an amended image above (third image down) with how to prepare the dough.This Garlic Herb Bread Wreath is equally delicious and gorgeous! Made with Parmesan cheese, garlic, and fresh herbs. Super impressive to serve for special occasions yet easy enough to pair with your favorite weeknight dinner. Love making your own bread? Make sure to try my dinner rolls and biscuits!

Incredibly impressive and equally delicious, this amazing Garlic Herb Bread is a welcome addition to any menu. It’s a favorite for the holidays but is easy enough to serve alongside a simple weeknight dinner like this Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce.

Garlic Herb Pull Apart Bread (vegan)

This bread looks super fancy because it is twisted together and then formed into a wreath. I show you below how to accomplish this step by step and trust me, you can do it! It’s so much easier than it looks.

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