A golden, delicious loaf of vegan garlic pull-apart bread - it's so much fun to dig into this with family and especially kids.
Vegan Garlic Herb Pull-Apart Bread
This Vegan Garlic Herb Bread is quite easily the most crave-worthy bread recipe ever. Long before I even pulled it out of the oven, all hot and golden and delicious, the fragrance of olive oil mixed with garlic and thyme had begun to drive me a little crazy. The minute it was actually done, I had to do all I could to stop myself from tearing in and stuffing it into my mouth. Every last, scrumptious morsel of it.
With a kid in the house who shares my love for all things savory, this garlic herb pull apart bread was an instant winner. And rather fun to pull apart. It's fluffy and part whole wheat, and far healthier than the cheesy versions you'll often find out there. The garlic also brings along its healthfulness and amazing flavor. The bread, needless to say, is incredibly tasty. Some lemon zest added to the herb-garlic-olive-oil mixture adds a pop of freshness.
The technique for pull-apart breads is quite simple, especially when you consider how beautiful the end result is. For this sandwich bread, all you need to do is roll out the dough, brush on the wonderful herb-garlic-zest-olive-oil mixture, and then cut it up with a pizza cutter into squares that will fit inside your loaf pan. Stack the squares up and you're pretty much done.
This recipe makes two loaves-- an absolute imperative because there's no way you are going to be satisfied with just one. But if you have to, halve it for one loaf.
I just want to say that this recipe is not only super easy, but the bread is super delicious. As I didn't want two loaves of the same thing, I made one with the oil, garlic and herbs (I chose to use oregano and italian seasoning) and the other with coconut milk, cinnamon and sugar. Both turned out so good, I made them again today. - Sara
Recipe card
Vegan Garlic Herb Bread (Pull Apart Sandwich Bread)
Ingredients
- 4 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 ¼ cups warm water
- 1 cup non-dairy milk (use any milk of your choice)
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 ½ cups whole wheat flour
- 1 ½ - 2 ½ cups bread flour
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- To brush on:
- â…“ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoon fresh thyme (can use other herbs like rosemary or sage or a mix)
- 6 cloves garlic crushed into a paste
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Mix the olive oil with thyme, lemon zest, garlic and salt and set aside.
- In a large bowl or in the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the yeast with ¼ cup of warm water. Let stand five minutes until yeast is frothy.
- Add the remaining water, olive oil, nondairy milk, sugar, salt, and apple cider vinegar and mix.
- Add 1 cup of bread flour and 1 cup of whole wheat flour and mix well. Gradually add the remaining ½ cup of whole wheat flour and more bread flour, a little at a time, until you have a smooth, slightly sticky dough. Continue kneading for about 10 minutes.
- Form the dough into a smooth ball, place in a large bowl sprayed with oil, cover, and set in a warm place to rise for an hour or until doubled.
- Remove the dough, knead it to deflate, and divide into two portions.
- Let the dough rest about 10 minutes, then roll into a square about 12 inches across. Brush on half the olive-oil-herb mixture evenly.
- Using a pizza cutter, cut the dough into 12 squares.
- Stack the squares one over the other and place into a loaf pan sprayed with oil. Repeat for the other half of dough.
- Brush any of the remaining olive oil mixture on the tops. Cover the loaf pans with a kitchen towel and set in a warm place to rise, about an hour or until the loaves has mushroomed over the top.
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Bake the loaves for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 350 degrees and continue baking another hour.
- Remove the loaf pans to a rack to cool, unmold after about 15 minutes, then dig in.
Nutrition Information
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More vegan kid-friendly recipes
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- Vegan Cinnamon Rolls
- Vegan Cheesy Garlicky Pull Apart Pizza Bread
- Vegan Apple Pie Pull Apart Bread
- For more bread recipes check out this post on All The Bread Recipes You'll Ever Need
Pearl says
Would be great to see a photo of how the dough gets "stacked" beforehand! Have not made this version of pull apart bread before, and a visual for how it's assembled before it goes in the oven would be very helpful. So excited to try this -- thank you!