Recipe: BLOOMIN' PARTY BREAD

BLOOMIN' PARTY BREAD


16 ounces Monterey Jack cheese slices
1 1/2 pound loaf sourdough bread - long and not sliced
1 stick butter, melted
2 teaspoon poppy seeds
1/2-teaspoon garlic powder
3 green onions, thinly sliced
Cooking spray


Make one slice down the top of the bread two thirds of the way through the long way. Then, make a bunch of cuts 1-inch apart and also two-thirds trough all the way down the bread to create the "blooming bread" effect. Place the bread on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray.

Mix the melted butter, poppy seed, and garlic powder and pour evenly over bread in between cuts. Take 1/2 green onion and sprinkle between slices. Insert cheese slices in 1 direction, then tear the remaining pieces and insert in the spaces in the other direction.

Sprinkle the remaining green onion on top. Place in the oven on broil until cheese is melted and turning brown and bubbly. Serve immediately.