Dorothy Cheesy Bacon Pull-Apart Bread

Garlic-buttery cracked sourdough bread, packed with bacon and three kinds of cheese, baked to perfection.  That extra-special ingredient? Dorothy Lynch Homestyle Dressing & Condiment! This is one EPIC appetizer. 

Did you hear? There is a big football game coming up. An Affair From The Heart states "The football part is fun, but I am honestly more about the food and the commercials.  So, when Dorothy Lynch asked me to come up with some football eats … you knew I was all over it!"

This isn’t the first football related food that, An Affair From The Heart has cooked up for Dorothy Lynch. Last fall they shared a recipe for Sloppy Dorothy Sandwiches, that went crazy on the internet. You see, Dorothy Lynch Home Style Dressing & Condiment is a proud sponsor of their favorite football team, the Nebraska Cornhuskers. They wanted to make something worthy of these two Nebraska classics, and that's how Dorothy Sandwiches & Dorothy Cheesy Bacon Bread came to be. 

     Ingredients:

• 1 (1 pound) oblong loaf of Sourdough Bread
• 6 Tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 Tablespoons Dorothy lynch
• ½ teaspoon garlic salt
• 1 heaping teaspoon chives
• ½ cup softened cream cheese
• 1 cup shredded gouda cheese
• 1 cup mild cheddar cheese
• 1 heaping teaspoon fresh minced garlic
• 3 Tablespoons Dorothy Lynch
• 1 (2.8 ounce) package real bacon bits
• Chopped fresh parsley for garnishing 

*Note that if you choose a larger loaf than 1 pound, you will have to adjust the amount of filling to accommodate it. Cut the bread diagonally with a serrated bread knife, make sure to cut almost to the bottom, without separating the loaf.  Turn the bread and cut diagonally the opposite way, resulting in pieces that are about 1″–1.5″ in size. 

       SEE FULL RECIPE FROM AN AFFAIR FROM THE HEART HERE

This kind of bread is sometimes referred to as "crack bread". The first reason is that the bread is cut into pieces, using the knife to go almost all the way through, then cross-hatching it, forming large cracks in the bread.  Those cracks are filled with delicious things like butter, spices, bacon and cheese.  Then baked up until it’s all nice and melty. The second reason why crack bread is called crack bread is because in slang terms, crack is used when food is addicting and you just can’t leave it alone.  Like this cheesy loaf of goodness right here.  But for some reason, attaching the name “Crack” to a recipe for Dorothy Lynch seemed wrong.

Some History on Dorothy Lynch Dressing: Dorothy was a wholesome woman, who created this dressing in the 1940’s.  She served it at a restaurant she and her husband ran at the local Legion Club in St. Paul, Nebraska. The dressing became so popular, that patrons would bring in their own bottles to have Dorothy fill them to eat at home.                                                                                     Read Full Article From An Affair From The Heart Here