Hot Cheddar-Olive Bread

3 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 15 min
Ready In: 25 min

“This bread is a great appetizer or wonderful with a hot bowl of soup.” - by AMY BARTHELEMY

Ingredients

4 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese
1/4 cup creamy salad dressing
3 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 (1 pound) loaf French bread, cut in half lengthwise
1 tablespoon sliced ripe olives

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Original recipe yields 12 servings

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a bowl, mix the Cheddar cheese, creamy salad dressing, onion, and chili powder. Spread each bread half with an equal amount of the mixture, and top each half with equal amounts olives. Close halves, and cut the loaf into 12 slices. Wrap loaf in aluminum foil.
Bake 10 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until cheese is melted.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
163 cal
8%

Fat
5.2 g
8%

Carbs
22.2 g
7%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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doubledare

Feb. 16, 2010

"Made it this weekend to go with my Walleye and it was wonderful! Next time will add some black olives as well. I did not cover in foil, but broiled briefly. Awesome!..." See more"

naples34102

Mar. 16, 2011

"Hubs and I both agree that if you love bread with lots of gooey cheese on it you will more than likely love this. We thought it was all right, but more than likely won't make it again BECAUSE it was b..." See moreread with lots of gooey cheese and mayo on it. (I did use mayonnaise rather than "creamy salad dressing," i.e., Miracle Whip) Both the black olives and the touch of chili powder were interesting and quite nice additions as was the green onion I used rather than regular onion. Even tho' I used small baguettes rarher than a whole loaf of French bread, 10 minutes wasn't quite long enough to get the cheese all melty - I unfortunately found I had to nuke it. Interesting to try, but when it comes right down to it, this was just a little too rich for our tastes."

Christina

Mar. 27, 2013

"This was good! I used slices of leftover homemade 'Sriracha Cheese Bread' form this site, and it was great for this. Since I was doing this open-faced, I just broiled the bread until it was hot and bu..." See morebbling. I used reg. mayo and red onion. I would make this again! Thanks for sharing. :)"

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