Looking for a crowd pleasing appetizer to bring to a party? Every time I've made Gorilla Bread it's been inhaled in minutes and everyone asks where they can find the recipe. The long awaited recipe is here!
Ingredients
1 XL pizza dough OR 2 cans refrigerator biscuits
1/4 cup melted margarine
1 bunch (6-8) green onions, chopped
2 cups shredded cheddar or Mexican blend
1/2 cup real bacon, chopped
Garlic salt
Directions
These instructions are all approximate. It's ok if you use more or less cheese, cut your dough into larger or smaller cubes, use fancy cheese that you shred yourself and add weird toppings that I can't afford. Pick a flavor combination you love and the Gorilla Bread will ROCK YOUR WORLD!
Pull or roll out the pizza dough into a large rectangle-ish shape. Use a pizza roller to cut the dough into approximately one-inch squares. If you're using refrigerator biscuits, use the pizza roller to cut them into quarters.
In a large bowl toss the dough bits with the melted margarine until coated.
Add chopped green onions, 1 1/2 cup cheese and bacon and toss until most of the bread bits are coated in toppings. Add garlic salt to taste. (I sprinkle on a bunch and then sprinkle on some more before I put it in the oven.)
Dump your coated bread bits into a shallow baking dish. I use a pie plate or casserole dish depending on how much I'm making. The main thing is to not let it get too thick or the center won't cook all the way through before the top burns. At this point you can cover it and put the whole thing in the fridge for a day or two, until it's party time!
Cook at 350 for about 30 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the center is no longer doughy.
Top with remaining cheese and ENJOY!!
Extras!
Try this with any toppings you'd put on a pizza! Spicy sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, bell peppers, olives... just make sure to chop everything nice and small so each bite gets a bit of yummy goodness.
UPDATE:
There are some great questions and answers in the comments.
Also, after posting this I googled Gorilla Bread and found a Paula Dean recipe for cinnamon sugar monkey bread. Well, step back Paula Dean! My Gorilla Bread can eat yours for dessert.
The bread looks good...but I have to tell you how much I love your picture...every time I click on your blog it brings a huge smile to my face...I hope you have a blessed Christmas
ReplyDeleteWhat brand of pizza dough or biscuits did you use here (the photo of the dough cut into squares)?
ReplyDeleteI have a few questions...
ReplyDelete1. Has this "bold" recipe been attempted using a 'from scratch' biscuit recipe?
2. As terrible an idea as this may sound, can you do this sans bacon?
I've got limited resources here in Bamako, but the recipe sounds kinda fun and I'd like to try it.
Hi Amy! When you bring this to Witt family Christmas, can you please make some without bacon for your vegetarian cousin to try? Thanks! Looks awesome! I'm drooling on my desk.
ReplyDeleteI buy uncooked pizza dough from the pizzeria around the corner from me. They sell me an hunk of dough that cooks into a 16" pizza for $2. You can buy bread dough in most grocery stores in the deli section. Frozen bread dough works well too.
ReplyDeleteI've never made this with from scratch biscuits, but it's a very forgiving recipe and I imagine it would work well.
You can totally make it without bacon *GASP* but make sure to put other toppings in to give it flavor, otherwise it's just cheesy garlic bread... which is pretty good, so maybe it would do :-)
Julia, you sound like my grandmother... "when" I bring it, I will definitely make a veggie version!
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ReplyDeleteMMMMMM Looks YUMMALICIOUS! A must try!
ReplyDeleteFYI...TJ has great pizza dough for only $1! Which means you can bring twice as much to the Witt get together (as some of us are carnivores)! - Cousin Kate
ReplyDeleteI've gotten to taste this delish-ness....its sooo good.
ReplyDeleteMade mine sans bacon (for a vegetarian friendly dinner) - it was FANTASTIC!
ReplyDeleteAlso, 1/2 way into the butter/dough mixing I switched to painting on the butter with a brush because the pizza dough was sticky. It worked pretty well that way too.
How could I not feature you this week. Happy holidays from bacon time. I think the feature post will be up a bit early this week, maybe wed.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to make a savory version of the ever-popular monkey bread! And I love that it includes bacon! I'm bookmarking this recipe :)
ReplyDeleteoohhh yummy - i can make this with gluten free boule loaf I just found a recipe for!
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Oh my god.
ReplyDeleteThat beats Monkey bread any day.
Like Liberty above...I need GF as well. But now I need a carb snack.
Thanks for sharing @ Creative Juice. Good to see you there, Amy!!
I could see myself serving this to guests with eggs on the side. Nice idea.
ReplyDeleteUm, I've never had this but, seeing the ingredients, I'm definitely going to make this for my family. Glad I stopped over from Momivore's Dilemna! Happy holidays
ReplyDeleteThis looks so good! Lol, I love the name too! Yummy yum!
ReplyDeleteYummy! Looks a ton better than monkey bread! Thanks for linking to Things I've Done Thursday! Merry Christmas!
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