Garlic Bread with Cheesy Dip

Garlic Bread is a homemade, cheesy garlic flavored bread recipe served as a starter or an appetizer. The recipe shared below is simple and easy and you will get almost a same taste as you eat in restaurants. 

Now, let me share a few tips and suggestions to make this lip-smacking garlic bread with cheesy dip. First, if you do not like the smell of yeast, then you can replace it with baking soda and baking powder. Second, adding sugar to the yeast and warm milk helps to start the fermentation process, so do not forget to add the sugar. Third, make sure you knead the dough really well, else the garlic bread would turn hard and chewy. Also make sure to rest the dough for a minimum of 2-2.5 hours. Fourth, if you do not want much cheese in the garlic bread, then you can totally skip them and prepare simple garlic bread. Finally, make sure to prepare the cheesy dip in low flame and keep stirring it continuously. If not stirred continuously, then the cheese would clump together. 

Servings:- 2 servings

Course:- Snacks, Starters

Cuisine:- Italian, International

Ingredients:-

For Garlic Bread Dough:

1/4 cup warm milk

1 tsp active dry yeast

1 tsp sugar

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 tsp oregano

1 tsp salted butter, room temperature

1 cup plain flour/maida

2 tsp oil

For Garlic Butter:

1/4 cup butter, melted

3 cloves garlic, finely chopped

Other Ingredients:

1/4 cup cheese, grated

2 tsp chilli flakes

2 tsp oregano/mixed herbs

For Cheesy Dip:

2 cubes cheese, chopped

1 tsp milk powder

1/4 cup full cream milk

1 tbsp salted butter, cold

Method:-

To make Garlic Bread:

1. Firstly, in a large mixing bowl take 1/4 cup warm milk and add 1 tsp active dry yeast to it. Further add 1 tsp sugar and mix them well. Allow it to rest for 5-7 mins or until the yeast activates. 

2. Once the yeast activates, add garlic, oregano and butter to it. Slowly add in plain flour/maida and start kneading the dough. Knead to a smooth and soft dough. 

3. Next, coat the dough with oil and knead it again. Tuck the dough till it is smooth. Cover the dough with a cling wrap/wet cloth and allow it to rest in a warm place for 2-3 hours. 

4. After 2-2.5 hours, you'll see that the dough has doubled in size. Punch the dough to remove excess air present in the dough. 

5. Further dust the dough with little maida and knead for a minute. Tuck the dough to form a ball. Roll the dough to an oval shape. 

6. Now, prepare garlic butter by mixing melted butter and garlic in a small bowl. Further spread the prepared garlic butter uniformly all over the dough. Top them with grated cheese on half of the rolled dough. Further sprinkle some chilli flakes and oregano/mixed herbs over it. 

7. Now, fold the dough and seal the edges well so that the cheese does not come out while baking. Place them to a baking tray lined with butter paper. 

8. Also brush the prepared garlic butter all over the dough and top them with some chilli flakes and mixed herbs/oregano. Now, with the help of a knife, make marks over the bread without cutting them fully. 

9. Further place the bread into a pre-heated oven and bake them at 180 degree Celsius for 25-30 mins or until the bread turns golden brown. Further cut the garlic bread into slices. 

10. Finally, serve and enjoy cheesy garlic bread with cheesy dip and soup. 

To make Cheesy Dip:

1. Firstly, in a saucepan boil 1 cup water. Place a glass bowl on top of the saucepan making sure that the bowl does not touch the water. A double boiler method is used to make the cheesy dip. 

2. Now, keeping the flame on low add the milk, milk powder and butter. Mix them well. Further add the chopped cheese and keep stirring them continuously. 

3. Keep stirring till the cheese melts completely and you get a smooth texture. Once the dip starts to thicken, switch off the flame and take them out in a small bowl. The cheesy dip thickens more when refrigerated. Refrigerate them for an hour. 

4. Finally, enjoy the cheesy dip with garlic bread or nachos.