Little Caesar’s Italian Cheese Bread is one of our favorites! This is my copycat recipe! Can’t beat homemade!
My kids love Little Caesar’s Italian Cheese Bread, but it gets expensive to buy it many times a month especially since we always get a couple boxes each time. I bought a couple cheese bread kits from a fundraiser and thought I can totally make this myself! So I did! This is my copycat recipe. Saves me money and saves me the extra trip out which is nice. I can make plenty for my family and they like mine just as much! Try it and let me know what you think!
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How to make:
- After mixing up the dough, and letting it raise. Press it into a 9×13 baking dish (affiliate link) that has been lined with foil and sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Tip: I like to line the dish with fail because it is much easier to cut the cheese bread if you are able to lift it out of the pan. Let this rise while your oven preheats.
- Once the oven is preheated sprinkle 2 cups of an italian blend of pre-shredded cheese over the top.
- Bake at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes. The cheese with be golden brown.
- Melt 3 Tbs. butter in a microwave safe container (affiliate link) and pour over the top of the cheese bread while brush it around with a pastry brush (affiliate link). Sprinkle garlic salt and italian seasoning blend (affiliate link) over the top of the cheese bread.
- Lift the hot Italian cheese bread out of the baking dish and set it on a cutting board. Cut into 12 strips with a pizza cutter (affiliate link). Serve!
What goes well with this cheese bread?
We like to eat this Italian cheese bread with Pizza Rolls, Alfredo pasta with this homemade Alfredo Sauce or some Lasagna cooked in my crockpot. If you want to go for a bit lighter meal try this Layered Green Salad or this Chicken Pasta Caesar Salad.
How long is it good for?
It’s best to consume this italian cheese bread within 2 days.
Should it be refrigerated?
Yes, please refrigerate any leftovers. Reheat carefully in the microwave.
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Copycat Italian Cheese Bread Recipe
- Prep Time: 10 minutes (plus 40 minutes rising time)
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 12 pieces 1x
- Category: Bread
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
Little Caesar’s Italian Cheese Bread is one of our favorites! This is my copycat Italian Cheese Bread recipe! Can’t beat homemade!
Ingredients
- 1 package (2 1/4 tsp) Active Dry Yeast
- 2 tsp Sugar
- 1 Cup Warm Water
- 2 Tbs. Olive Oil
- 1 tsp Salt
- 2 Cups Flour
- 2 Cups of pre-shredded Italian Blend Cheese
- 3 Tbs. Butter
- Garlic Salt
- Italian Seasoning blend
Instructions
- Dissolve the yeast with the warm water and sugar in your mixing bowl. Let stand to activate for 5 minutes.
- Add the olive oil, salt and 2 cups of flour.
- Mix together and knead until a sticky dough forms. It will be a softer dough and won’t come together in a firm ball. Add more flour if you need.
- Cover the dough and let rise until doubled, about 20 to 30 minutes.
- Line a 9×13 baking dish with tin foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Lightly press the risen dough into the prepared baking dish and cover to let rise for 10-15 minutes while your oven preheats.
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Once your oven is preheated sprinkle the 2 cups of italian cheese blend evenly over the dough.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. The cheese will be mostly golden brown.
- Melt the butter and brush it across the top of the hot cheese bread.
- Sprinkle garlic salt across the top. We like a generous amount.
- Sprinkle the italian seasoning across the top.
- Lift the hot cheese bread out of the baking dish and place it on a cutting board.
- Slice into 12 pieces with a pizza cutter.
- Serve.
Keywords: Copycat, cheese bread, italian cheese bread
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Oh my heart! I think I am in love!
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So much better then little ceasars, I love me some homemade breadsticks!
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Wow, that looks AMAZING!
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Always a favorite!
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My mouth is watering looking at this!!
I love this stuff! So excited to try it at home!
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I can’t wait to try this! We love Little Caesar’s Italian bread! It will be nice to be able to make it at home for less.
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My thoughts exactly!
We love these….now they’ll be even better made at home
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So excited to try these!! They look delicious and easy!
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Can you substitute Quick rise yeast?
Yes
What type of flour? Plain or self raising?
Just regular all purpose flour.
Thanks. I tried it with a mix of both. No good. I’ll just use plain next time.
These are absolutely delicious!
Love it! Thank you so much!
Delicious!!! Is there a way to possibly freeze the dough at some point to make it easier for quickly making for dinner?
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I haven’t done it but I think that if you made the recipe up to the point that you press the dough in the pan, roll it out or press it out so it will fit in your pan later and then freeze it instead of having it raise to bake, it should work. Then I would either let it thaw and rise on the counter top which I think should take a couple hours, or I would put it in the fridge to thaw first thing in the morning and let it warm up and rise for 45ish minutes before baking. These times are just rough estimates of what I think it should take to thaw and rise. I’d love to hear if try it!
FYI, if you stop in to your local Little Caesars, they likely either have “Zap Pak” packets with the seasoning blend that they put on the Italian Cheese Bread, or some sell a shaker for a few bucks so you have plenty to use (the blend really makes the bread, not the same as any generic Italian seasoning blend)
These are really good. The dough is impossible to press into the pan due to being so sticky, but the bread comes out so soft. I oiled the pan so the bottom would develop a golden crispy crust. They were perfect.
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I made this today. I wasn’t sure about that very slack dough, but it turned out great. Delicious!
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So delicious and easy to follow.
We even had an extra side of little caesars crazy sauce in the fridge to go along with these 🙂
Will be saving to make again! Thank you!
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