Sourdough Cheese Bread

This soft sourdough loaf is cut into a checkerboard pattern, topped with seasoned butter, stuffed with Swiss cheese, and baked until golden and bubbly.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 30 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 153 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon poppy seeds
• 1 tablespoon minced onion
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 pound Swiss cheese, sliced
• 1 (1 1/2) pound round loaf sourdough bread
• 1 tablespoon seasoned salt (such as Spice Islands® Beau Monde Seasoning)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with foil.

Step 2

Cut a checkerboard pattern onto top of sourdough bread about 1 inch apart with a serrated knife. Do not cut through loaf; slices should be attached at the bottom.

Step 3

Melt butter over low heat in a saucepan. Stir in mustard, poppy seeds, seasoned salt, onion, and lemon juice until combined. Place bread onto prepared baking sheet. Gradually pour butter mixture evenly over bread squares and between cuts. Let butter mixture soak into bread. Stuff slices of Swiss cheese between bread squares.

Step 4

Bake in the preheated oven until cheese melts and begins to bubble and brown, about 30 minutes. To serve, let guests pull bread apart into individual squares.