Chile Cheddar Bread is an excellent bread for making grilled cheese sandwiches, avocado toast or even croutons. Why use plain ol’ white bread? How boring!
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Such a Bread Great Recipe!
The recipe for Chile Cheese Bread seems a little unlikely that it would work. So many added ingredients, it seems like the loaf would fail. But as you can see in my video, the bread rises beautifully.
Another aspect of this bread that I really love are the nuts added to the dough when kneading. You can use either pecans or walnuts. When making toast on a cast iron griddle, the nuts warm and toast for extra flavor. Imagine that in a grilled cheese!
I like to make a double batch of Cheddar Chile bread to put one away in the freezer. Of courtse, the bread has to be completely cooled and sliced before wrapping in plastic and freezing. But imagine a night when you don’t feel like going to the supermarket and you are uninspired. Bam! Chile Cheese Bread to the rescue.
Make a long or round loaf, or double the batch and make both!
You can make round or long loaves with this bread recipe. It depends on how you plan to use it once it is baked. If you make a large round loaf, you can quarter it and share it with friends. Up to you.
For some reason Chile Cheddar bread pairs really well with eggs. I especially like fried eggs with salsa on top of an avocado toast made with this bread recipe. The extra chile flavor is reminiscent of Santa Fe Southwestern style cuisine – rich and earthy. The bread isn’t spicy at all, but it is full of dark, chile flavor.
Pile slices of this bread with melted cheese, roasted eggplant, lentil stewof carne guisada. I can’t think of single savory dish that would not be improved with a toasty slice of Chile Cheddar Bread!
Can you use all purpose flour rather than bread flour?
Hi There! Yes, of course! The texture will be more dense and less fluffy, but the flavor will be the same! Let me know how it turns out!
MG