Need a last-minute recipe for your Christmas party? Check out this super easy and delicious pull apart bread recipe!
Spicy Pull-Apart Christmas Tree Bread
Image and recipe provided by wisconsincheese.com
Ingredients
RED PEPPER DIPPING SAUCE:
1 jar (12 ounces) roasted sweet red peppers, drained
2 ounces Classic Parmesan cheese, grated (2/3 cup)
1/3 cup unsalted whole almonds
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
TREE BREAD:
1 tube (13.8 ounces) refrigerated pizza crust
1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder, divided
6 ounces North Country Pepper Jack Cheese
3 tablespoons butter, cubed and melted
Minced fresh parsley
Crushed red pepper flakes
Instructions
Red Pepper Dipping Sauce:
Place the sauce ingredients in a food processor; cover and process until mixture is smooth. Set aside.
Tree Bread:
Heat oven to 375°F. Line a 15 x 10-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
Unroll pizza crust on a lightly floured cutting board into a rectangle, 9-inches long; sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder. Cut crust widthwise into four strips, each 2 1/4-inches wide. Cut strips lengthwise yielding 16 rectangles.
Cut pepper jack into 16 cubes, about 3/4-inch each. Wrap each rectangle around a pepper jack cube; seal dough around cheese. Roll dough into balls.
Arrange balls in a tree shape on prepared pan. Bake for 8 minutes. Meanwhile, combine butter and remaining garlic powder. Divide butter mixture in half; brush half of the mixture on rolls.
Cover with aluminum foil; bake for 10-12 minutes longer or until golden brown. Brush rolls with remaining butter mixture. Sprinkle with parsley and red pepper flakes.
Serve rolls with reserved sauce.
