Quick Cheese Bread with Bacon, Onion, and Gruyère

Name: Quick Cheese Bread with Bacon, Onion, and Gruyère
Yield: Makes one 9 by 5-inch loaf
Ingredients: 3 ounces (85 grams), Parmesan cheese, shredded on large holes of box grater (about 1 cup); 5 slices, bacon (about 5 ounces; 142 grams), cut into ½-inch pieces; 1/2 , medium onion, minced (about 1/2 cup); 3 cups, unbleached all-purpose flour (15 ounces; 425 grams); 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1 teaspoon, table salt; 1/8 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 4 ounces (113 grams), Gruyère cheese, cut into ½-inch cubes, or mild Asiago, crumbled into ¼- to ½-inch pieces (about 1 cup); 1 1/4 cups, whole milk; 1 , large egg, beaten lightly; 3/4 cup, sour cream

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2004

Desserts or Baked Goods

Pork

Cheese

Quick Breads

Run-of-the-mill cheese bread is at once dry and greasy, with fleeting cheese flavor. We were after something different: a rich, moist loaf topped with a bold, cheesy crust.

SERVESMakes one 9 by 5-inch loaf

TIME1½ hours, plus 45 minutes cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

In developing a subtly balanced cheese bread recipe, we used whole milk and sour cream for creamy flavor and moisture and just 3 tablespoons of butter for richness without greasiness. A single egg gave structure to the bread without adding ...

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