Cheesy Garlic Bread

Alright, so my sister is the one who introduced me to Pinterest right? Little did she know it would be an epic obsession, heck little did I KNOW but nevertheless some of the most delicious looking food I've ever seen seems to pop up on this website! One of the very first ones she had pinned was for a Cheesy Garlic Bread recipe which she stated she made and raved about. Ok, twist my arm, I was technically sold just by the name of the recipe lol but whatevs.

Ok so the recipe says that you should start with a pizza dough that is store bought....well I don't know where you live but that is not an option where I live so I used a recipe I had for Focaccia Pizza and boy oh boy this was a stellar selection! (But if you're just not in the mood to make a pizza dough you can totally buy it at the store or wherever I won't tell.)

Also, I will give you the original recipe that I used as a basis right here. I think I mostly agree with what this gal did but mine is a tad different since I made my dough from scratch and had limited supplies at the commissary - yay Germany right? Ok, enough talk - lets bake this beast!

Ingredients:
Pre-made pizza dough - if you must (haha just kidding, sort of)
1 ball of fresh mozzarella (high moisture, preferably something in water or easy to pull apart)
Garlic Salt (or 1 tbsp minced garlic)
Red Pepper Flakes (optional)
Rosemary or Italian Seasonings (if you like a lot of flavor go crazy here, I prefer simplicity here so I stuck to garlic salt and red pepper flakes only, but it's totally up to you)
Olive oil or nonstick cooking spray

Directions:
Bake your pizza dough as instructed - not quite to a golden crust (it's going to spend about 15 minutes or so in the oven with the cheese and seasonings but that's basically just to melt everything together.)

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Once your dough is almost cooked place a light layer of cooking spray on top of the dough (or olive oil if you prefer). Generously cover the dough with torn pieces of the mozzarella (see picture below). If you love olive oil feel free to add a little on top of the cheese before seasoning again - I didn't use any but that's just me being calorie conscious lol. Once the cheese is spread all over the dough sprinkle whatever extra seasonings you love and pop that delicious looking treat right into the oven. Like I said the point here is just to melt that cheese to a golden layer of heaven so about 15-20 minutes should do the trick. Just keep your eye on it - you don't want it to burn! This bread is seriously delicious - I served mine up with a light salad but you could eat it solo or with whatever you're in the mood for!

And in retrospect I feel like adding some buffalo chick on top of this would have been EPIC...so don't be afraid to experiment! I know next time that's how this is going to go down haha...Enjoy!

Pictures:

 Oh ya...you know this is going to be good....

 I wish you could smell the aroma of this baked cheese and garlic!

Slice it up and serve it with a nice spinach and feta salad...well alright I just will!