Chunky Cheese Bread For Sandwiches, Soup Dippin' Or Eatin' Plain

Total Time: 2 hrs 35 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups warm water
• 2 tablespoons yeast
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup oil
• 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• 5 cups flour (and a bit extra)
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 cups cubed cheddar cheese (scant)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (or melted butter)
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt (we like "spike")

Recipe

• 1 generously grease two loaf pans; set aside.
• 2 in mixing bowl, whisk water and yeast, let rest 2-3 minutes.
• 3 then whisk in sugar, salt, mustard, eggs, oil, butter, then stir in half the flour.
• 4 begin kneading with dough hook on low for 5-8 minutes, adding more flour to make a soft elastic dough; form into ball in mixing bowl--spritz dough with oil spray, cover bowl loosely with plastic wrap; let rise for 30 minutes.
• 5 turn out dough on lightly floured table, punch down gently.
• 6 divide dough in half; press each half into an oval; sprinkle 1 cup of shredded cheese over each oval, press into dough, then roll each oval into a jelly roll.
• 7 cut each roll into thick slices, then in half again (odd shaped chunks of dough).
• 8 arrange chunks in prepped loaf pans; scatter cubed cheese over dough chunks; drizzle oil or butter over this, sprinkle on the seasoned salt.
• 9 cover pans with plastic wrap, let rise in warm spot 30-45 minutes (quite puffy).
• 10 preheat oven to 350. bake loaves until browned and sizzling--cheese will be melted--about 35-40 minutes.
• 11 cool in pan 10 minutes, then remove and serve.