Caprese Pull-Apart Bread
 
 
Makes 1 9"x5" loaf
Ingredients
Dough:
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ cup water
  • 1½ teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1¼ teaspoons salt
Filling:
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil
  • handful fresh basil, finely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • ½ cup cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 6 ounces mozzarella cheese, cubed
Instructions
Make the dough:
  1. In a large bowl, heat milk and water until warm - about 30 seconds in the microwave should do. Add the yeast and sugar. Whisk together until thoroughly combined and let sit until foamy, about 10 minutes.
  2. Add the rest of the dough ingredients (butter through salt) to the milk mixture, stirring everything until it comes together to form a shaggy ball. Then knead the dough by hand (or with a dough hook attachment) until it’s smooth and elastic - this will take about 10 minutes (or less if using a stand mixer). Shape dough into a ball and place in a lightly oiled bowl, cover and let it rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
Make the filling:
  1. While the dough rises, combine the olive oil, basil and garlic in a small bowl. Set aside.
Shape and bake the loaf:
  1. Grease a 9"x5" loaf pan.
  2. After the dough has risen, punch it down and cut it into 1" pieces. Roll each piece of dough in the oil mixture and transfer to the prepared pan; continue until the bottom of the pan is covered. Then sprinkle on half of the tomatoes and half of the mozzarella cheese. Add the remaining dough pieces to the pan and top with the rest of the tomatoes and cheese.
  3. Cover loaf with a clean kitchen towel and let rise until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
  4. About 15 minutes before dough has finished rising, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes until golden brown.
  6. Remove pan from the oven and turn out bread onto a wire rack. Let cool slightly before serving.
Recipe by Two of a Kind at http://www.twoofakindcooks.com/caprese-pull-apart-bread/