i am a recipe junkie. i drool and dream over the recipes i gather but rarely make them. there are so many reasons why i don't usually make them, but that is irrelevant to this story. i have many cookbooks, binders full of recipes, photocopies and scraps of paper stuck to my refrigerator. food is one of those things that satisfies my senses. recipes are organized in a fashion with a start and a finish, there aren't gray areas in recipes. all of those factors bring me a feeling of calmness. strange i know, but we all have our vices.
a couple of weeks i was on pinterest and stumbled upon this recipe. side note - if you don't know what pinterest is, google it, peruse it, fall in love with it. anyway, i've been waiting for a reason to make this heavenly recipe. i needed a group of eaters. i knew i would eat the whole darn thing by myself in a single setting and that would be bad. bad because i know exactly where my food resides. i am not sure how this happens, because i have a stomach, but all the really tasty food that is super unhealthy for you, bypasses my stomach and takes residence in my butt and thighs. grrr...
before we get to the recipe and your next favorite appetizer to bring, i want to share a bacon story. every couple of years this story gets told. sometimes stories morph into outrageous tales, but this one started off so silly that it hasn't needed any embellishment. i have always loved bacon. my sister not so much. this story takes place at my dad's house when we were kids, elementary school age kids. it was breakfast and dad made bacon and eggs, he still makes this for himself on the weekend. i devoured my bacon. my sis shoved hers in her mouth and excused herself from the table. next thing we hear is the toilet flushing. whoosh! whoosh! whoosh! dad goes to the door, "everything okay in there?" a small "yep" comes from the other side of the door. a couple more whooshes and my dad goes in. there is my sister flushing the toilet willing her bacon to swept away in the whirlpool of water. I am horrified at the waste of good bacon, my dad was upset about the sneaky lying aspect and my sis well she was just mortified for being caught. for some reason bacon doesn't flush gets said every couple of years and we retell story and giggle at the foolishness of it.
alright i have stalled long enough. are you ready for the recipe? it is 5 simple ingredients. cheddar, bacon, butter, dry ranch dressing and bread. oh yes folks this is cheddar bacon ranch pull apart bread. so delish!
1 unsliced loaf of (round is preferable) sourdough bread
8-12 oz cheddar cheese, thinly sliced
3 oz bag Oscar Mayer Real Bacon bits
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 Tbsp Ranch dressing mix
Using a sharp bread knife cut the bread going both directions. Do not cut through the bottom crust. Place slices of cheese in between cuts. Sprinkle bacon bits on bread, making sure to get in between cuts. Mix together butter and Ranch dressing mix. Pour over bread. Wrap in foil the entire loaf in foil and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Unwrap. Bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
http://www.plainchicken.com/ this is a fabulous site with the yummiest food! so i fried up some bacon and crumbled it, used the tillamook sliced cheddar cut in half (they fit perfectly in the slots), and i had uncle dan's ranch mix on hand. i can't even tell you how awesome this is! on the http://www.plainchicken.com/ site the chef, steph, has dubbed this crack, she isn't kidding.
so there you go, bacon nirvana! please do not ruin this recipe with turkey bacon or bacon flavored bits and make sure you have extra eaters around. last but not least enjoy!
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