Sexy Savory Monkey Bread

 Are you intimidated by bread making?  Do I sound like an infomercial?

Making bread is so easy!  No, seriously.  Don't "Pffft" me and leave!  Where do you get that attitude?  I have been nothing but nice to you baking you all of these sweets lately and I bring up the subject of baking bread and you skip on out of here like you're incapable of it.

Oh, you're still here?  Oh, good!  You're a smart cookie.

Sexy Savory Monkey Bread
Yield: 10 servings

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Ingredients for the Dough:

• 3 cups luke warm water
• 1 1/2 T. granulated yeast or instant, rapid rise, bread machine, active dry or cake yeast
• 1 1/2 T. kosher salt
• 6 1/2 cup unbleached all-purpose flour - I use King Arthur

Ingredients for Egg Wash:

• 2 large eggs
• 3 Tbsp. parlsey
• 1 1/2 t. garlic powder
• 1/4 t. salt
• 5 T. butter, melted
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

Instructions for Dough:

1. In your mixer, dump in the water, yeast, salt and 6 1/2 cups flour and mix until it starts to come away from the sides.
2. Place saran wrap or a towel over the top and place someplace warm and let it rise for about 2 hours.

Instructions for Bread:

1. Grease a 10 inch Bundt pan or tube pan.
2. In a medium bowl, mix together the parsley, garlic powder, salt, butter and eggs until well blended. Break the bread dough off in walnut-sized pieces and roll into a ball. Dip each piece into the egg mixture.
3. Place coated dough balls into the prepared pan. Once there is a layer of balls covering the bottom of the pan, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Repeat, sprinkling each layer with cheese until everything is in the pan. Cover loosely, and let rise until doubled in size, about 45 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
4. Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until golden brown.

Cooks Note:  You may have noticed I used pepperoni and mozzarella cheese in the above pictures. I don't suggest it. It didn't make a difference flavor wise and why add the extra calories if there's no difference!

I suggest you place a cookie sheet on the rack below the bread to catch any overflow.

Adapted from Allrecipes.com and Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day

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Servings: 1 slice

Calories:  384

Total Fat:  9.0 g

Cholesterol:  62 mg.

Sodium:  1239 mg.

Protein:  11.7g.

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