Cheesy Meatball Pull Apart Bread (Savory Monkey Bread!)

A savory cheesy meatball pull apart bread with a bowl of marinara near it

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This Cheesy Meatball Pull Apart Bread is total comfort! Cubed dough is layered with  meatballs, cheese, and herbed butter in this tasty savory bread. Don’t forget the marinara! 

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Cheesy Meatball Pull Apart Bread

This Cheesy Meatball Pull Apart Bread is gooey, cheesy, savory, and mouthwatering! Biscuit dough is tossed in herbed butter and combined with fresh mozzarella, shredded Parmesan, and delicious Simek’s Italian meatballs. It’s absolutely delicious dipped into a hearty marinara dipping sauce. Read on to learn more about this unbelievably tasty appetizer!

What Is Pull Apart Bread?

Pull apart bread is literally bread that easily pulls apart into bite sized pieces. Many call it “monkey bread”, although it’s more widely known as a sweet breakfast bread as opposed to something savory. This version delivers so much garlicky and cheesy goodness!

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Ingredients for Cheesy Meatball Pull Apart Bread

  • Premade biscuit dough: the kind you buy in a tube!
  • Herby butter: simply melted butter and a collection of dried herbs, the biscuit dough is rolled in this mixture before being layered in the pan to bake.
  • Frozen meatballs: Simek’s Italian Meatballs are absolutely scrumptious and are already appropriately flavored with Italian herbs.
  • Fresh mozzarella cheese: I like using cilligene, which are small round balls of mozzarella cheese
  • Shredded mozzarella and parmesan cheese: using both adds extra flavor and results in that classic cheese pull
  • Marinara sauce: the perfect dipping sauce!
A plate with cheesy meatball pull apart bread with marinara

How To Make Cheesy Meatball Pull Apart Bread

  1. Remove the biscuit dough from the tubes. Use kitchen shears to cut each biscuit into quarters. Set aside.
  2. Melt the better and add the garlic powder, oregano, basil, rosemary, thyme, and salt. Mix to combine.
  3. Dip each piece of biscuit dough into the herbed butter, layering on the bottom of a bundt pan. Once there is a single layer of the biscuits on the bottom of the pan, add a layer of Simek’s meatballs. Next add mozzarella balls, more biscuits, and shredded cheese, alternating layers until all ingredients are gone.
  4. Add the pan to a baking sheet and bake for 60 minutes, until top is golden brown.
  5. After the pan has slightly cooled, invert it on a plate, allowing the bread to release on to the plate. Serve the bread with warm marinara for dipping!
A bundt pan filled with cheesy meatball pull apart bread

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This Cheesy Meatball Pull Apart Bread is total comfort! Cubed dough is layered with meatballs, cheese, and herbed butter in this tasty savory bread. Don’t forget the marinara!

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Cheesy Meatball Pull Apart Bread

This Cheesy Meatball Pull Apart Bread is total comfort! Cubed dough is layered with  meatballs, cheese, and herbed butter in this tasty savory bread. Don’t forget the marinara! 
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Bread, Garlic, Marinara, Meatballs, Monkey Bread, Pesto
Servings: 20 servings

Equipment

  • Bundt Pan

Ingredients

  • 3 16 oz cans refrigerated biscuit dough
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp oregano
  • 1/4 tsp basil
  • 1/4 tsp rosemary
  • 1/4 tsp thyme
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella
  • 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese
  • 8 oz Ciliegine (fresh mozzarella balls)
  • 2 cups Simek's Meatballs, thawed
  • 1 cup marinara, warmed though for serving

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Remove the biscuit dough from the tubes. Use kitchen shears to cut each biscuit into quarters. Set aside.
  • Melt the better and add the garlic powder, oregano, basil, rosemary, thyme, and salt. Mix to combine.
  • Dip each piece of biscuit dough into the herbed butter, layering on the bottom of a bundt pan. Once there is a single layer of the biscuits on the bottom of the pan, add a layer of meatballs. Next add mozzarella balls, more biscuits, and shredded cheese, alternating layers until all ingredients are gone.
  • Add the pan to a baking sheet and bake for 60 minutes, until top is golden brown.
  • After the pan has slightly cooled, invert it on a plate, allowing the bread to release on to the plate. Serve the bread with warm marinara for dipping!
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