Can You Help Me Find This Pull-Apart Bread Recipe? Good Questions

Q: I need help with a lost recipe, and before Thanksgiving rolls around. When I was younger my mom used to make this bread called Pull-Apart Bread, or at least that's what we thought it was called. However, since then we have lost the recipe and have not been able to find one anywhere!

I've Googled the life out of it and was hoping maybe you could help? It's a loaf of bread (not a circle bundt thing). It's also not sweet. I'm not sure if you have any idea what I'm talking about, but I figured I'd ask!

Sent by Anya

Editor: Anya, we wonder if you might have more luck searching for "pull-apart loaf" or "pull-apart rolls." But we think that this loaf looks rather promising — is this anything like what you remember?

• Sourdough Bluecheese Pullapart Loaf at Northwest Sourdough

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Comments (13)

This is also know an monkey bread. I googled it and several recipes came up. Check these links http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,pull_apart_bread,FF.html

http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/cinnamon-pull-apart-bread-66269.aspx

http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/monkey-bread-i/Detail.aspx

Happy Baking!

This one??
http://www.bigredkitchen.com/2009/11/super-fast-company-bread.html

It uses canned biscuits, but the same effect can be used by layering bread dough in this fashion. Some may even use frozen raw dough rolls and defrost them then layer in this fashion. I hope this helps, I hate when I lose a recipe!

If you say it's not sweet, then it probably wasn't a monkey bread recipe.

I've made a bread similar to this, which was basically a nice white bread recipe, but instead of forming a loaf you form about 20 palm sized discs, then spoon filling (I used parmesean, oil and herbs) between as you stack them.

Turn your stack of discs sideways and bake in an oiled loaf pan.

Any other hints you could give as to the flavor and texture of the bread would probably help folks out in solving this! But, basically, I think you can convert any bread recipe to pull-apart-bread using this technique.

@ec_washington - that sounds delicious!

You can use any yeast bread dough. Simply form the pieces as ec_washington described. You can add herbs or dip in oil or butter if you like. But you can also just form the loaf and bake it.

It isnt Monkey Bread. Monkey bread is typically made in a bundt pan, sweet, and is also rolls that you pull off one by one, not slices.

The bread we always had was just plain bread, no seasonings or anything.

From what Ive learned over the past week or so is that you can use any bread type, its just about the way you place it in the pan.

The sourdough recipe is exactly what it was (well, minus the cheese). AMAZING!!

I subbed a home-ec class and taught them to make pull apart muffins, called fan tails I think? It was just biscuit dough rolled thin and cut into squared then stacked with butter and grated cheese and put sideways into a muffin tin.

http://danatreat.com/2010/05/big/

We adore this recipe and it is quick and so delish! Of course I am a sucker for cheese and bread :)

from cooks.com;

PULL APART BREAD

1 c. lukewarm water
2 tsp. sugar
2 tbsp. yeast

Mix and let rest 10 minutes.

2 c. boiling water
2 tsp. salt
5 tbsp. sugar
1/2 c. shortening melted
4 eggs
1/4 c. instant mashed potatoes

Mix together and cool. Add yeast mixture. Mix in 8 to 9 cups of flour. Knead. Let rise until double. Punch down. Let rest for 5 to 10 minutes. Break off amount for dinner roll. Roll long and thin, then roll in melted butter. Place about 12 pieces in bread pan. Let rise. Bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes

Wow @esmith43, that bread looks deeeeelicious! I think I found one similar to what I had growing up, but now I have all these other ones to try out too!

@Bees_bluewolf... Thats a weird recipe, instant mashed potatoes?? Sounds pretty interesting! Thanks!

I made this bread, and it's great! Follow it here!

http://exscapes.blogspot.com/2010/11/pull-apart-bread.html