This pullapart bread is so easy to make! Once in a while you get a little creative in the kitchen. Either because you’re short on time and just make things up as you go or because you don’t have the right ingredients so you just toss things in and hope things work out. But once in a while someone sends you a recipe tip that stirs up the imagination and you just go for it.

This last scenario is what happened to me the other day when my wife sent me a link to this YouTube video showing Aki making a nice looking Greek appetizer. The bread is basically a pull-apart loaf that has olive oil and is stuffed with spices and Feta cheese.

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Knowing that we were having a dinner party at our house the next evening, I thought I’d give this bread a try and see if I could make it as good as that video made it seem. I did some research and it seems to be a fairly unique bread too. And to top it off this bread seemed pretty easy to make so after we fed the kids I got to work in the kitchen to mix the dough.



Soft, Chewy, And Delicious

This bread turned out way better than I expected. First off, the smell throughout the house was amazing thanks to all the good ingredients that went in to it. I was also pleasantly surprised that the mustard sauce topping wasn’t at all overpowering like I thought it would be. Guests kept commenting on how good this bread turned out, so I guess it’s a winner and a repeat contender for sure!



The overview of this Greek feta bread goes something like this. For the dough, all you need are these ingredients: Flour, water, salt, yeast, sugar, eggs, and olive oil. You mix it all up and let it rise, then you roll it and fill it. For the filling, you mix mustard and olive oil and spread it around the dough, then top with rosemary and oregano. I didn’t have any fresh so I used some dried herbs we had in a jar. Then you crumble and sprinkle the Feta cheese. From there you cut it in to rows, lay them on top of one another, then you cut the rows in to pieces, then lay them one on top of the other in an oiled bread pan. After an hour of rising you bake it and voila!

Here are the steps in a little more detail.



Print Pin 5 from 1 vote Greek Feta Pull Apart Bread This bread is easy to make and proves to be a very attractive appetizer for dinner parties.

Prep Time 2 hours 10 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Total Time 2 hours 40 minutes Servings 24 Pieces Calories 2668 kcal Ingredients Dough 500 Grams King Arthur Flour All Purpose

2 Medium eggs

1 Packet yeast

1 Tbsp sugar

1 Tsp salt

140 mL water

60 mL olive oil Instructions Making the Dough In a small mixing bowl, add your 1 packet of yeast and a small amount of warm water to dissolve.

Wait 5 minutes.

To your stand mixer, add the dry ingredients. Then the egg and water followed by the yeast mixture and set your mixer to first speed. Slowly add the oil until the dough starts becoming tacky, then mix for about 5 minutes and the dough can pass the windowpane test. Transfer to an oiled bow and cover, let rise at room temperature for about an hour.

Filling and Topping After the dough has nearly doubled in size, turn it on to a floured work surface.



Roll out the dough until you have a large rectangle of uniform thickness.



Now you need to make some mustard sauce to put on your dough. In a small mixing bowl add 2-3 tablespoons of plain yellow mustard and about 40mL of olive oil. Using a whisk or immersion blender, mix until the mixture is combined and homogeneous.



Spread your mustard sauce on to the dough and sprinkle the top with (preferably) fresh herbs and spices. I didn’t have anything fresh so I used thyme, oregano, and basil from a jar!



Crumble your block of Feta cheese evenly over your Greek masterpiece.

Making the pull-apart bread part of the process Now that your bread is assembled, it’s time to break it down and build it back up again. Using a pizza cutter, make 6-8 evenly sized strips (mine were’t even…but you should do your best).



Now stack your strips one on top of the other making a sort of layered bread mess.



Again using your pizza cutter, cut the strips in to 8-12 squares.



Take your well-oiled bread pan and put it on it’s end, and start layering the squares one on top of the other. Whatever leftover Feta is left on your work surface, transfer to the bread pan once you’re done stacking.



Cover and let rise for about an hour or so.

Baking Pre-heat the oven to 375˚F



Put the bread in the oven and bake until golden brown, about 25-30 minutes.

Notes

Allow the bread to rest for about half an hour after baking or it could fall apart unexpectedly!

Have some olives and olive oil available for dipping and this will be the hit of your dinner party!