Cheesy Garlic Bread Bombs

Alright, I take back my previous statement about me not liking bread! I had some leftover pizza dough, so I decided to make these insanely good cheesy garlic bread bombs (CGBB). You stuff the middle with cheese then top them with a slathering of garlic and herb butter AND...wait for it...more cheese. They are ooey and gooey and the cheese is stretchy and just oh so good! Did I say they are good? Well, they are!

Just look at that cheese!

Nice and crusty on the outside with
gooey deliciousness on the inside!

To make these, you will start with a pizza dough. If you don't want to take the time to make pizza dough, then just buy the pre-made stuff or use the frozen rhodes rolls.

Let's start with the pizza dough.

Pizza Dough
Makes 11-12 CGBB or 1 large pizza crust

Ingredients:

• 1 cup warm water
• 1.5 tsp rapid rise yeast
• 1.5 tsp salt
• 2.5 cups flour, divided

How to make pizza dough:

1. In your stand mixer mixing bowl, combine warm water and yeast. Let it sit for 5 minutes until it starts to bubble. If it never bubbles, your water was too hot or too cold - start over. 
2. Add 1.25 cups flour into the proofed yeast and mix well using your dough hook.
3. Add additional 1.25 cups flour and salt and continue to mix until mostly incorporated. 
4. Remove your dough from the mixing bowl and need until smooth.   
5. Form your dough into a ball and place it back in your mixing bowl. Cover your bowl with saran wrap and a dish towel and let the dough rest for 1 hour until it nearly doubles in size. 
6. Remove the towel and saran wrap and give your dough a big ole punch right in the center. 
7. Remove from the bowl and form into another loose ball. 

Your dough looks something like this:

Now, for those CGBB!

Makes 11-12 CGBB

Ingredients:

• 1 batch pizza dough evenly divided into 11-12 pieces
• 22-24 cubes of cheese (I used part skim mozzarella - it is a hard cheese, not a soft cheese - because I new it would stretch. Something else that would work well would be cut up string cheese).
• .5 stick of  butter 
• 1 tbsp garlic salt
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• Grated parmesan cheese
• Cooking spray

How to make CGBB:

1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and grease a small baking sheet. 
2. Flatten one of your pieces of dough (make a flat disc) and place two pieces of your cubed cheese into the center. Bring the edges up over the cheese and seal your CBGG. Place seam side down on your baking sheet. Continue until all are complete. 
3. Spray your dough balls with cooking spray and cover with saran wrap. Let these rest for 20 minutes. 
4. In the meantime, combine your butter, garlic salt, and Italian seasoning in a small bowl and microwave until your butter is melted. Stir to combine everything. 
5. Remove the saran wrap and brush each ball with a generous amount of garlic butter. Top with your grated parmesan cheese.
6. Place in the center rack of your oven and bake for 22-25 minutes until they are nice and golden brown. 

Here is a quick look at the process:

 

These would be a fun idea for super bowl or you can just serve them up with your favorite pasta or soup. I made a pasta fagioli to go with these and it was just perfection!

Enjoy!

- H