Oh dear.
Oh oh oh dear.
We’re talking, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up-stuff here, folks.
Actually, the first fall took place on September 19th, 2012 when Kelly posted her Pepperoni Pizza Pull-Apart Bread. I ’bout had 13.5 conniptions right then and there. Ugh, and it’s so unfair. She made what’s basically a wet dream for me with that cheesy pull-apart bread, AND on top of that, she seriously has the most sickening incredible locks of hair. No, I know this. I touched them once in a Nashville hotel elevator when she wasn’t looking.
AND, this is another five ingredient meal! If you don’t count one of those ingredients up there. And the ingredients it takes to make the dough. Well, and the wine you’re drinking when you make this. It’s totally five ingredients!
Let’s take a walksie through it.
But first, a warning: I shot some of these in my kitchen, hence the desire to violently rip out your eyeballs, set them on fire and flush them down the toilet. Actually if you just get started on that wine right now, we should be okay.
Okay so ya roll out your dough and WAIT. I have something else to add. (is that your head in your hands? already?) I had two leftover balls of dough from those chickeny calzones I made a while back, so I used them here. Like, in two batches. BUT, if you want to use one large ball of dough, victory!
After you roll it out you get the edges all trimmed up into a huge square. I think I might have rolled mine out a tad too thin. But let the moon tide of your soul guide your every move.
Okay then brush some buffalo sauce over the square. Then sprinkle on that poached chicken (which you can do early in the day when Days of Our Lives is on but you didn’t hear that from me) On goes some crumbled blue cheese.
Speaking of crumbling: me with my frickin’ nail biting. I swear when I look at my fingers they’re like little cheese sticks BEGGING to be chewed on. That’s the grossest thing I’ve ever typed. But probably not.
Okay now thiiiiiis is the tricky part. At least it was for me. I don’t know how Kelly made it look so flawless and perfect. I bet it’s in her conditioner. But you take a super flat spatula and stack the little squares on top of each other. Like maybe 2 or 3. Now, I made my squares pretty small since I was using a mini-loaf pan.
You guys I was sweating so much at this point.
Then you transfer them to your pan, upright, as best you can, and move them to a place with natural light so that you’ll stop complaining about horribly wretched photos.
Baked! And you’ll never guess what happens halfway through the baking process. You melt a little butter, mix it with a minced garlic clove, refill your wine, and brush the top of the bread with it.
Oh haaaaayell yeah.
Now, mine didn’t puff up as much as Kelly’s did. But I think it’s because I hadn’t mowed my lawn yet, so you should be fine.
Pull-apart bread. Right, it’s more like TRY TO PULL MY MOUTH APART FROM THIS.
Now Kelly, about that conditioner . . .
Buffalo Chicken Pull-Apart Bread:
(adapted from Kelly’s pimp mutha version.)
What it took for one 6-inch loaf:
* half of this pizza dough recipe right here
*1 chicken breast, poached and shredded
* 1/3 cup (roughly) buffalo sauce (I used Frank’s)
* 1/2 cup (roughly) blue cheese crumbles
* 1 Tbs. butter
* 2 cloves garlic, minced
Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease a 3 x 6 mini loaf pan.
Roll the dough out super thin on a flour working surface. I had two leftover balls from the recipe, so I rolled them out separately. But you can do whatever. I DON’T EVEN CARE. I’m totally kidding. I care.
Using a knife or pizza cutter, trim the ends so you have a nice clean large square.
Brush the dough with the buffalo sauce.
Sprinkle the shredded chicken over the sauce.
Then sprinkle on that good crumbled blue cheese.
Then, carefully stack them on top of each other. Like maybe two or three at at time. Then transport them to the mini loaf pan where they’re side by side. Kelly had much better luck at making them nice and uniform. Mine look sad and pretty much suicidal.
Slide them into the oven for 15 minutes.
While they’re in the oven, melt your butter, add the minced garlic and mixeroo.
Pull the pan out, and brush the top with the garlic butter. Slide it back in for another 20 minutes.
Sprinkle some cilantro over ze top and pull it apart, dudes.
* you can make the squares bigger and use a regular loaf pan eef deesaaahred.
Pull me apart! . . . That was weird.
holy mother of yum. this looks fantastical. my mouth needs to be pulling this baby apart! awesome creation, Bev
This looks freaking awesome.
Oh wow, that looks interesting and very good! I l love anything with bread!
WHAT THE WHAT!?!?! You put chicken IN the bread???? That’s crazy!!! And amazing!
Done deal.
Oh how I love blue cheese and bread. And wine.
This is the first time I have ever seen a savory pull-apart bread and I must say, it looks awesomeeeeee! What a great idea.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. The chicken. Is in. THE BREAD???
Bowing to the master….
Oh heavens YES. For breakfast, please.
Why do you tempt me like this? It looks amazing!
I AM IN LOVE! This looks so yummy! This would be perfect for game day! Thank you!
Last night I made like 4 buff chicken calzones, but this tops all of those!!!
I’m dying over here. Over this. Going… going… gone.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
This is freakin’ unreal, Bev!
oh dear Lord…that loaf wouldn’t last more than 5 minutes out of the oven here!
Ohhhh MAN that looks good! I did a cheddar and jalapeno version once…but buffalo chicken? SO much better. I am going to have to make this and then probably faint from the joy of it. Thank you for sharing (though I kind of wish I were thanking you for sharing the bread and not just the recipe).
HOLD THE FRENCH TOAST. This is a meal in a bread! i love it.
That’s it. I’m totally making pull apart bread next year!
I barely have words. Holy goodness, right here.
Bev this bread is going to be a massive hit! I already saw this flying around Pinterest! It looks…spectacular!
I love buffalo anything! Might have a slight obsession with bread as well. Can’t wait to try it out!
Holy Pull Apart Bread!!! This is insane…!
I’m in awe of both recipes! Everything I make from now on will be in pull-apart form. On another note.. Your posts always seem so effortlessly amusing. Do you ever struggle with writing them, or do they simply flow out of your brain that way?
This takes savory bread to a whole new level!
I have no words.
Thank you for making my dreams come true, in bread form
XO
If I make this, I wouldn’t have to share it right? Okay, good. Buffalo chicken-anything makes me a happy lady!
Don’t kill me…I want some ranch dressing with that. Is that a sacrilege?
When you posted a pic of this, I just thought it was plain ol’ pullapart bread with maybe some butter and garlic, and I was pretty stoked on that.
But THIS? This is better than anything my little (big) fat girl brain could have ever imagined!!
OH EM GEE. This is perfection! I am literally drooling at the pictures and I canNOT wait to make this and eat it all. Bravo, Bev!
Dude, this is epic. It seems a bit hard but I bet every minute spent on making this is completely worth it!
Hahaha! Thank you Bev! I promise I didn’t see you stroking my hair at all
So glad you enjoyed the recipe! XOXO
That’s it. I’m making pull apart bread right now.
Can anyone give me a rough idea of how many servings this recipe has and how much calories per serving? Thanks
Hi, Nafeeza!
I’m not sure how what the calorie count is for this, but I can tell you it makes a 3 x 6 loaf. But you can cut the squares bigger and make a regular loaf. As a snack, it would probably feed 4ish. I hope this helps!
There is no question, I need this in my life.
Are you serious?!!!
Help, please… the buffalo sauce?! I am aware of this American tradition (still very confused down here in Australia about the name, however). If you can’t run down to your local shop for Buffalo Sauce, would you suggest making the one similar to your ‘baked bourbon buffalo wings’ recipe?
Hi, Mel! Yes, you can absolutely use the sauce in that recipe! Although, if you can bottled buffalo sauce, do that. Muuuuch easier!
This bread is crazy, even nutzo; I just love it! I don’t know what that says about me.
Do you think it would work with pre-made dough, like a can of Pillsbury? I know that is probably sacrilege but I suck at making homemade dough. LOL
Oh it would TOTALLY work with Pills! No judgement here. I use it all the time!
Stephanie… did you try this with pillsbury? Did it work?
this is seriously genius!
Had more fun reading your recipe than I will have making it! I hope it tastes as good as your writing is fun!
Shut the front door, back door, windows and my mouth – because I’m about to trip over my dang jaw. You slay me, woman!
My buffalo chicken spidy senses are tingling! What a fun and tasty way to indulge your buffalo chicken cravings!
I have a sick obsession with chicken drenched in buff sauce. This biz is going down. Holy papa.
Do you want to come to my house and make that it looks yummy!, BTW, nice kitchen!
I’m thinking it might be a good and different way to use up some of the Thanksgiving Turkey leftovers! mmmm
Are you kidding me?! Did I totally miss this post the first time around? Or, maybe I did see it but had not had my first cup of tea for the day. No, that is not possible. Seeing this would have opened my eyes super fast. Regardless, I am so happy that I saw it today. It looks absolutely, positively, amazingly delicious.
I know, I know. You have missed me.
I am making it as we speak…. I had a hard time with the dough. It was hard to spread it to make it thin. It kept shrinking back. Other than that it’s pretty easy. I can’t wait to try it!!
It’s sooooooooo good!!! I will make it again for sure.
I made this but added 3 different kinds of cheeses along with bell peppers and check this out..pico de gallo and my family went absolutely nuts…..it was awesome.