Cheddar and Black Pepper Bread

Name: Cheddar and Black Pepper Bread
Yield: Makes 1 loaf
Ingredients: 2/3 cup (3⅔ ounces), bread flour; 1/2 cup, water, room temperature; 1/8 teaspoon, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 2⅓ cups (12¾ ounces), bread flour; 1¼ teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1¼ teaspoons, coarsely ground pepper, divided; 1 cup, water, room temperature; 2 teaspoons, table salt; 8 ounces, cheddar cheese, shredded (2 cups), room temperature, divided; 2 , disposable aluminum pie plates

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This yeasted cheesy bread is decadent, featuring big cheddar flavor and a lingering finish of zesty black pepper.

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Savory Baker

SERVESMakes 1 loaf

TIME4½ hours, plus 13½ hours rising, resting, and cooling

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Savory Baker

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Its rusticity makes you want to tear it into generous chunks to dunk into a bowl of tomato soup. Making a bread this cheesy isn't as simple as just kneading the generous amount of shredded cheddar into the dough, because the fatty cheese wi...

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