Ingredients
Scale
1 loaf of Italian bread
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup mozzarella cheese
1 - 2.5 oz package bacon pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Add the butter to a small bowl, melt in the microwave for about 30 seconds, then stir in the garlic.
- Mix the cheese and bacon pieces in a medium bowl.
- Place the bread on a large sheet of foil on a baking sheet.
- Cut diagonal slices into the bread, stopping before you cut completely through. Repeat with diagonal slices the other way.
- Brush butter mixture into all the cracks, then fill the cracks with the bacon and cheese mixture.
- Wrap the bread in the foil (keeping it on the baking sheet), and bake for 15 minutes.
- Remove the foil, then bake for an additional 5 minutes.
- Serve warm by itself or with marinara sauce.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Appetizers