Pull Apart Caprese Bread – Pull apart bread yeast topped with delicious fresh tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil. Homemade dough, makes a great appetizer or starter.
You know that pull apart garlic bread I made a while back? Well, it’s been real popular. As in one of my top 3 recipes of all time popular. Yeah, I guess a few people pinned it. Like over 26,00. No big deal. Who am I kidding? To this girl that is a big deal! I’m so glad you all loved it! So because of its popularity, I now bring you this deliciousness….
That’s right this loaf is stuffed with fresh tomatoes, cubes of mozzarella and freshly snipped basil. The smell of it baking is to die for!
Maybe you won’t love it as much but I just couldn’t resist. I have a slight overload of tomatoes on my hands so I’m looking for new twists and recipes to use ’em up. And because I truly love mozzarella cheese this was a no-brainer.
Well, who doesn’t want a bite after looking at this?
Have I convinced you yet that it’s all around amazing? Oh, it’s not difficult. I know what you were thinking. Really it’s not. Divide the dough into 1-2 inch pieces. Dip in some oil. Place in prepared pan. Stuff in cheese and tomatoes. Let her rise for a bit and bake her up.
Warm, savory bread for a small crowd. And they’ll be coming back for more I’m sure!
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Pull Apart Caprese Bread
Ingredients
For Bread Dough:
- 1/2 cup 4 oz warm water (about 110 degrees)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons active dry yeast
- 1 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup 4 oz warm milk (I used 2%) (about 110 degrees)
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 2 3/4 - 3 1/4 cups bread flour
For Topping:
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- handful fresh basil finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 6 oz mozzarella cheese cubed
- 2 Roma tomatoes chopped, divided
- 1 teaspoons kosher salt
Instructions
- Into a small bowl measure the water. Sprinkle with sugar and yeast. Stir. Let sit until yeast is activated, about 10 minutes.
- Using a stand mixer, fitted the dough hook, combine water/yeast mixture ,butter,</g> milk, salt and 1 1/2 cups flour. Begin to knead for about 1-2 minutes. Stir in additional flour gradually. Add enough flour until dough is smooth. It will be slightly sticky Knead for 7-10 minutes. the dough should stick to the bottom of the bowl but clears sides.
- In a small bowl, combine the olive oil, basil and minced garlic. Cut dough into 1-in. pieces; dip into oil mixture. Layer into a greased 9-in. x 5-in. loaf pan. Cover and let rise until almost doubled, about 45 minutes - 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, 15 minutes before the dough has completely risen, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stuff cubed cheese and half of the tomatoes into the crevices of dough.
- Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown. To check baked dough with a thermometer, it should read 200 degrees. Sprinkle with kosher salt, additional chopped tomatoes, and fresh basil.
Notes
Adding fresh basil to the dough before baking does cause the top pieces to brown a lot. Feel free to not add it until it comes out of the oven.
A big old loaf of this bread is definitely what I want in my life! Looks amazing with all that gooey cheese!
I have no words for this, Melanie. This looks absolutely amazing! Caprese is my ultimate favorite, especially in the summer. What a great idea to make it into pull apart bread! Definitely trying this out. Pinned!
Melanie, this looks unreal. It’s so perfect for summer! I LOVE fresh bread, and cheese, and garlic, and tomatoes and basil. Pinning!
Holy 26,000 times! That’s awesome girl! Isn’t it funny how some recipes take off and do SO well and others don’t?! I’m loving tomatoes and basil right now, it’s just everywhere right now and perfectly seasonal. This pull apart bread would go well with something from off the grill! Thanks for sharing Melanie! 🙂
Oh my goodness, I want to grab piece after addicting piece of this be-yoo-tiful pull-apart bready goodness! Caprese is the BOMB. 😀
Gah! I sort of want to hoard the pan in front of myself and not share. Is that so wrong? 😉
I would probably eat the whole loaf myself. I see another gazillion pins in your pull apart bread future.
Hooray! Let’s make this a Pinterest favorite as well! Yeasted pull apart breads tug on all our heart strings. I think I could finish off the entire thing by myself. It sounds and looks amazing Melanie!
Ahhhhhh this is carb/caprese heaven! In love.
Carb heaven is right! 🙂
I love all your creative bread recipes and I love it when people take classic flavor combinations and remake them in new ways. Double win!
I’ve been dying to try a pull apart bread! This one looks so delicious and gorgeous too, I love the fresh ingredients in this one. Pinning this!
You’ve got to give one a try Danielle. They are so fun!
This pull apart bread looks amazing, Melanie! Love the idea of adding the caprese twist! Pinned:) Perfect for all the fresh summer tomatoes and basil!
Thanks for pinning Kelly! Have a marvelous day.
Wow. You are truly the bread master. I bow at your bread-baking feet. This sounds spectacular and it’s utterly gorgeous! Pinning 😉
You’re too kind Allie! Thanks for the pin too.
Wowza. 26,000 times…that is awesome! Love this bread and cannot wait to use my tomatoes in it! Thanks, Melanie.
Thanks Bri! You’re sweet.
Wow! This is the ultimate pull apart bread! Perfect for summer!
Well, now 26,001 people have pinned this! Absolutely love it – love that you dip the bread in olive oil before baking. I bet that makes it slightly crispy, doesn’t it?
This is SUCH a fun idea! I absolutely love this bread Melanie! Caprese is my FAVE! Pinned 🙂
This bread looks delicious! What a great idea for a bread…caprese! Thanks for sharing this recipe!
You are queen of pull apart breads. This Caprese bread looks stunning! I’m a sucker for cheese and you’ve won me over for sure. Can’t wait until this one gets even more pins :D.
This looks amazing! So smart!
We planted our garden later this summer given the move. But our tomatoes plants have a lot of green tomatoes. As soon as they ripen, I know they’ll be perfect in this bread. I love caprese salad. But carbifying it? Love it even more. 🙂
Holy! This looks utterly divine. What a brilliant idea!
Thanks Kare!
This sounds so amazing! I have a question, though-your instructions say to place half the tomatoes over the top of the loaf and in the crevices. Are the other tomatoes just for garnish after baking?
Yes, I’ve updated the wording. Thanks for catching that.
Glad you stopped by today Karen! Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Looks Yummy! For topping instructions it says mix butter, basil, garlic. Then says coat in oil mixture. Should it Olive oil instead of butter?
Yes, I used olive oil. I corrected that typo. Hope you get a chance to make it! Have a beautiful day!
Saw this on Instagram and I had to come by and comment! This pull apart bread looks to die for delicious!! I adore Caprese salad and I LOVE how you turned it into a cheesy, decadent bread!! So clever and definitely mouth watering!! Thanks for sharing and Cheers♡
Thanks for stopping by Cheyanne! Come back soon. 🙂