Pull-apart Pimento Cheese Bread

Pull-apart Pimento Cheese Bread
Ingredients
- 1½ Cup Flour
- 1¾ Cup Corn flour
- ¾ Cup Cornmeal
- 1 Cup Milk
- 1 Pkg. Active dry yeast
- ⅓ Cup Sugar
- ¼ Tsp. Salt
- 2 Tbsp. Butter Softened
- 2 Egg yolks Slightly beaten
- 8 Ounces Pimento cheese Musten & Crutchfield
- 1 Egg Well beaten
- 2 Tbsp. Cornstarch
- 10 Slices Cooked bacon Crispy & Crumbled
- ½ Cup Sharp cheddar cheese Grated
Instructions
- Heat milk to lukewarm.
- Add yeast, 1 tbsp of the flour and 1 tbsp of the sugar, Set aside for 15 minutes.
- Sift dry ingredients. Add butter, egg yolks, and yeast mixture then mix well.
- Knead about 5 times. Cover and place in a warm place to rise until doubled in bulk.
- Preheat oven to 350℉.
- Mix pimento cheese, egg and cornstarch together in a small bowl.
- Divide the dough into four equal parts.
- Roll one portion into a circle slightly larger than 10 inches.
- Using a baking pan or cake circle as a pattern trim the dough into a 10-inch circle.
- Place on parchment paper on a baking sheet. Spread ⅓ of the pimento cheese mixture on the dough.
- Sprinkle ⅓ of bacon and cheddar.
- Repeat two more times stacking each dough round on top of previous layers.
- Roll last piece of dough & cut into a round. Top the layers with it and brush with slightly egg white wash.
- Mark a 3" circle in the center of top with a glass gently pressed into dough.
- Cut the dough into half, then fourths cutting only to the edge of center 3 inches.
- Continue cutting each portion in half until you have 16 cuts.
- Holding all layer's twist each section of dough tucking the ends. Alternate twisting left and right.
- Cook for 20 minutes until lightly browned.