Hasselback Garlic Cheesy Bread

The ingredients:

• 1 cup Warm Water
• 1 envelope Active Dry Yeast (2 1/4 Teaspoons)
• 1 Tablespoon Honey
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• ⅓ pounds Sharp White Cheddar, Or Any Other Cheese You Prefer
• 3 cups Bread Flour
• Olive Oil, For Greasing Surfaces
• ½ cups Garlic Butter

Steps for preparation:

        Stir water, honey and yeast together In a large bowl. Let yeast proof 5 mins. Once you know yeast is active, After that, stir in salt and the flour in 1/4 cup increments. be sure to not increase your speed higher than a 2 or ‘stir’  If you are using a stand mixer. 

         Once dough starts pulling away from the sides and the bowl seems to be pretty clean,

       Set a timer for 5 mins and walk away. Let the machine knead the dough. After 5 mins, dough should be  tacky and smooth but when touched should not leave any dough on your fingers.

      Grease the bowl and the dough. Cover with  kitchen towel or a plastic wrap  and let rise for  60 minutes or until doubled in size.

Punch down dough and cut into two equal portions. After that , Form into two long baguettes the length of the cookie sheet. I like to twist mine because it looks cool, but it doesn’t shrink,  also keeps its length. 

          Cover with plastic wrap and rise 30 minutes. Start to preheat oven to 400 degrees F and place dough close to the oven where it’s nice and warm. Once oven is preheated, remove plastic wrap, from the dough reduce oven to 350F, put the bread into the oven and bake 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, slice the cheese into thin slices and melt the butter.

        Pull loaves of bread out of the oven after 20 mins and brush with the melted garlic butter. Bake  until bread begins to turn a golden brown,  5-7 mins .  After that , Remove from oven and cool quarter-hour.

      Cut 1-inch slices 3/4′s of the the way through the loaves. After that, Brush garlic butter in between each slice and fill with a slice of cheese. Bake another 3-5 mins or until cheese is entirely melted.

Serve & enjoy immediately.

mac & cheese

The Ingredients :

• Vegetable oil
• 1 pound elbow macaroni or cavatappi
• Kosher salt
• 1 quart milk
• 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, divided
• 8 ounces extra-sharp Cheddar, grated (2 cups)
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 12 ounces Gruyere, grated (4 cups)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 1/2 cups fresh white bread crumbs (5 slices, crusts removed)
• 3/4 pound fresh tomatoes (4 small)

Steps for preparation:

firstly, Before starting, Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

       Secondly, Drizzle oil into a large pot of boiling salted water. After that, Add the macaroni and cook according to the instructions on the package, 6 to 8 mins. Drain enough

  Thirdly, In the meantime, heat the milk in a small saucepan,without boiling it.Melt 6 tablespoons of butter in a large (4-quart) pot and add the flour. Cook over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring with a whisk.

        Fourthly, While whisking, add the hot milk and cook for one or two mins, until smooth and  thickened . Off the heat, add 1 tablespoon salt, pepper,  the Gruyere, Cheddar,  and nutmeg. After that Add the cooked macaroni and stir well.  Then,  Pour into a 3-quart baking dish.

       Finally, Slice the tomatoes and arrange on top. Melt the 2 tablespoons of butter, immix them with the fresh bread crumbs, and sprinkle on the top. Bake for 30 to 35 mins, till  the macaroni is browned on the top  or until the sauce is bubbly.

cheesy garlic breadsticks

The ingredinets :

• 1 stick butter
• 1 loaf French bread, cut in half lengthways
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
• Two 6-ounce balls fresh mozzarella, sliced

Steps for preaparation:

1. Firstly Set an oven rack on the bottom position and preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
2.  In a pan Melt the butter with the  garlic and bring to a simmer. 
3. Brush the garlic butter over the bread, lay slices of the mozzarella on top and  enjoying this recipe mre by sprinkling  with the chopped parsley.
4. Finally, Put the bread onto a baking sheet and cook  for about 10 minutes on the bottom rack