Warm, soft, fresh buttery bread, with cheese and sour cream baked in.
It’s my dream bread because it’s so fast and easy, read from start to finish in 30 minutes. There’s nothing to knead, roll, or shape, and no yeast involved.
I had a little bit of Parmesan and sour cream to use before our trip, and bread popped into my head. It reminds me of a savory equivalent to Cinnamon Sugar Crust Cinnamon Ribbon Bread, which is an exceedingly moist, soft, and easy bread, too.
The dough comes together quickly and easily. Whisk together the dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately, and pour wet over dry. It’s like making muffin or pancake batter, without the work because the bread bakes in an 8-inch square pan.
It bakes fast, in just over 20 minutes, so keep a careful eye on it the last few minutes of baking because it’s baking in quite a hot oven. You don’t want to burn those golden buns.
The bread is so soft, moist, and although it’s dense, it has a springy, bouncy quality. The butter, cheese, and sour cream nearly guarantees it’s going to be tender, soft, and fluffy. If you want to substitute the sour cream with Greek yogurt, go for it. You could keep the recipe vegan by using margarine, vegan cheese and sour cream, although I haven’t tried. Someone will ask if you can make it with whole wheat flour. If you do use whole wheat flour, it won’t rise as well and it will be denser, and I would not exceed half the amount of all-purpose with whole wheat.
I made biscuits along these lines called No-Knead Peanut Butter Biscuits in my cookbook, Peanut Butter Comfort. Just seeing this picture takes me back to spring 2012. It was one of the first recipes I shot for the cookbook and it’s the opening recipe of the book.
This is a great bread for busy weeknight dinners when 30 minutes is all you’ve got to get something hot, fresh, and warm on the table. No need for refrigerated tubes of rolls that pop open with such a jarring snap when you can make your own bread from scratch in the same amount of time, sans bursting tubes.
The bread is full of rich and comforting flavors from the butter, cheese, and seasonings. The savory scents that waft through the house while it bakes is enough to make anyone hungry. I felt like I was in an Italian restaurant when I smelled the butter and Parmesan baking.
The family gave these soft, warm, cheesy carbs a big two thumbs up. Ready in under a half hour and easy gets two thumbs up from me.
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Do you have a favorite fast and easy bread recipe?
