Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pull-Apart Bread
This popular and delicious recipe for Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pull-Apart Bread is filled with melted cheese, bacon and buttery ranch seasoning.
AN EASY AND CHEESY APPETIZER OR SNACK
This cheesy ranch bread is ooey, gooey and the perfect appetizer for any party, holiday event or game day. It’s made with 5 easy ingredients and is ready in under 30 minutes. Let me show you how to make your new favorite cheese bread.
TIPS FOR MAKING THIS APPETIZER/SNACK
- Bread – You will need an oval shaped loaf of bread that is uncut such as a sourdough or ciabatta. You can normally find these specialty type breads in the deli department of the grocery store. You don’t want a super soft bread for this recipe. If it’s too soft, it will be hard to cut and stuff properly.
- Use unsalted butter for this recipe. The ranch seasoning has salt in it so you don’t want your bread to be overly salty.
- I used Oscar Mayer real bacon pieces but you could use microwaveable bacon and then chop it up or fry up some bacon for this. Just depends on how much work you want to do.
- Ranch seasoning – You can use a ranch seasoning packet from the store or make your own homemade ranch seasoning. If you make it yourself you will have it on hand for other recipes that call for ranch like ranch potatoes or chicken bacon ranch pasta.
- Cheese – The fun part about this bread is that you can use whatever cheese you like! Want a spicier pull apart bread? Use a jalapeno cheddar cheese. I used sharp cheddar and mozzarella slices for my bread. You can also use slices or shredded cheese, it’s your choice. After having made this for many years, I have found the thick sliced cheese is the easiest to stuff the bread with.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- oval shaped loaf bread such as ciabatta or sourdough
- unsalted butter
- ranch seasoning
- cheddar cheese
- chopped cooked bacon
HOW TO MAKE CHEESY BACON RANCH PULL-APART BREAD:
Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Place bread on a large sheet of aluminum foil. Cut the bread diagonally with a bread knife, making sure not to cut through the bottom of the loaf. Cut the bread again diagonally, this time in the opposite direction. Make sure to not cut all the way through again. The second cut will give you the squares or rectangles that will be pulled out after baking.
Melt the butter in the microwave-safe bowl and mix in the ranch seasoning.
Pour the ranch seasoning in the crevices of the cut bread, moving pieces to make sure you cover all the holes.
Place the cheese and bacon in the crevices of the bread, making sure to cover any open spots. You want all the crevices to be covered in cheese.
Wrap in foil and bake for 10 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the top is golden brown.
Remove, allow to cool slightly and serve!
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Cheesy Bacon Ranch Pull-Apart Bread
Ingredients
- 1 oval loaf of sourdough or ciabatta bread
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 2 tablespoons dry ranch seasoning
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (or 8 thick slices)
- 1/2 cup chopped cooked bacon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Place bread on a large sheet of aluminum foil.
- Cut the bread diagonally with a bread knife, making sure not to cut through the bottom of the loaf.
- Cut the bread diagonally again, this time in the opposite direction. Make sure to not cut all the way through again. The second cut will give you the squares or rectangles that will be pulled out after baking.
- Melt the butter in a microwave-safe bowl and mix in the ranch seasoning.
- Pour the ranch seasoning in the crevices of the cut bread, moving pieces to make sure you cover all the holes.
- Place the cheese and bacon in the crevices of the bread, making sure to cover any open spots. You want all the crevices to be covered in cheese.
- Wrap in foil and bake for 10 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for another 10-15 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the top is golden brown.
- Remove, allow to cool slightly and serve!
Notes
- Bread – You will need an oval shaped loaf of bread that is uncut such as a sourdough or ciabatta. You can normally find these speciality type breads in the deli department of the grocery store. You don’t want a super soft bread for this recipe. If it’s too soft, it will be hard to cut and stuff properly.
- Use unsalted butter for this recipe. The ranch seasoning has salt in it so you don’t want your bread to be overly salty.
- I used Oscar Mayer real bacon pieces but you could use microwaveable bacon and then chop it up or fry up some bacon for this. Just depends on how much work you wanna do.
- Ranch seasoning – You can use a ranch seasoning packet from the store or make your own homemade ranch seasoning. If you make it yourself you will have it on hand for other recipes that call for ranch like ranch potatoes or chicken bacon ranch pasta.
- Cheese – The fun part about this bread is that you can use whatever cheese you like! Want a spicier pull apart bread? Use a jalapeno cheddar cheese. I used sharp cheddar and mozzarella slices for my bread. You can also use slices or shredded cheese, it’s your choice. After having made this for many years, I have found the thick sliced cheese is the easiest to stuff the bread with.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer
“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.
Recently published: March 2012
Updated & republished: December 2020
Omg this looks heavenly!
This was amazing!!!
In our house we call this "Crack Bread."
This is excellent. My friends and family loved it. Thank you.
I came across your blog while looking for mac and cheese recipes. I have drooled over all of your recipes. Thanks for such a great blog and sharing such wonderful recipes. My kids and I are going to love these. I have your mac and cheese in my oven right now and it smells sooooo good. Thank you again. Emma.
This totally loooks like something you can do even a day ahead, and pop in the oven when the guests start arriving!!
Was wondering if this could be prepared ahead then sent home with a friend to bake
Wow, does this look good. I am going to post it on my Mouth Watering Mondays post this coming Monday. Come on over and have a look at http://www.noshingwiththenolands.com. Cheers, Tara
Oh My Good Greif…I so have to make this if I do nothing else before I die.
OH MY GOSH made this cheesy bacon ranch bread Saturday night, BIG HIT
OH MY GOSH! I made the cheesy bacon ranch bread Saturday night, BIG hit!! We LOVED it. Thanks so much 🙂
My daughter made this after we saw it on Pinterest- it was amazing and it is part of my post on Pinterest successes!
Hey Mary!! Woo Hoo – so happy y'all loved this one. And ya know how much I love you Duncan girls 😉
Thank you for coming back and lettign me know how it turned out. Big Hugs to you!
Oh my goooooddnessssssss!!!!! This was the best:) I only made half of the loaf for dinner tonight and the youngest of the "Duncan girls" and my mom stopped by as it was coming out of the oven and they LOVED it, I ended up sending them home with the other half of the loaf of bread:) amazing!!!! My family loved it too! They were looking for the other half!!!! Mom asked where I got the recipe from and I said… Duh where else??? Only Brandie's site!! I love love love your recipes and love that the site is mobile friendly now:) Thank you!
<3 Mary.
I want some NOW! Wonderful and easy. I make a similar recipe using hawaiian bread and muenster cheese. Such an eAsy and amazing appetizer.
Mmmmm, I can smell it now! This MUST be a sin! Thanks for sharing – love your blog!
Denise Turk
The Trifecta of Delight! Must.Try.ASAP.
Cheese, bacon and bread … three of my favorite food groups!
I talked my hubby into going by the grocery store on his way home just so I can make this cheesey ranch bacon bread, looking forward to trying it tonight! I just love your blog and recipes. Just the other day I was on pinterest looking for a good banana bread recipe to try and I remembered you blog and thought I would check to see if you had one. Sure enough your Streusel Banana bread was great. Thanks for providing recipes that I can count on to be great and easy enough that a busy Mom like me can handle.
so glad you liked my Cheddar Bacon Ranch Pulls – you need to try the cinnamon version next. It is to die for!
Ohhhhh yeah. That's the stuff, right there.
I can tell this would be devoured if you put it out at a party. YUM!
Oh, my! I'd have to make two because I might accidentally eat the first one all by myself in the kitchen under the excuse of making sure it tasted OK 🙂
Holy Guacamole! My stomach is literally growling reading this! What a great idea and you could switch up the flavors so easy!!!! I'm thinking a pizza flavored one! Can't wait to try it! ~EMM
OH MY GRAVY, must make this now!!!! Never thought about adding ranch packet to butter, so simple. Doing it! Thanks :)))))