This Korean Inspired Everything Cheesy Garlic Pretzel Bread is so unbelievably good! The exterior is perfectly toasted while the inside is super buttery and filled with creamy cream cheese filling, melty stringy mozzarella and loaded with garlic, herbs and everything bagel seasoning.
I love food and trying all sorts of different cuisine. With the ongoing pandemic, I've been living vicariously through watching food videos online. I watched this video from Food Insider about 29 Types Of Bread Around The World and was super intrigued by the Korean garlic cream cheese bread.
After reading about the bread, people mentioned that it was pretty sweet due to the sugar inside the bread, filling and garlic butter. So, instead I decided to try to make something inspired by the bread BUT one that's salty instead of sweet.
These Korean Inspired Everything Cheesy Garlic Pretzel Breads are filled with cream cheese, shredded mozzarella cheese and parsley. It's dipped in a garlic butter custard and topped with lots of everything bagel seasoning for added texture and flavor.
Why You'll Love This Recipe
- They're buttery, garlicky, cheesy and oh so delicious
- Toasted to perfection
- A unique twist on traditional garlic cheesy bread
- Cheese pull for the win!
Ingredients
- Pretzel Buns: pre-made pretzel buns cut down on the time! I used these Pretzilla ones.
- Whole Milk
- Cream Cheese
- Mozzarella Cheese: a whole cup is used in our cream cheese filling. Gives the bread that cheese pull.
- Italian Parsley
- Minced Garlic
- Eggs
- Unsalted Butter
- Everything Bagel Seasoning: crunchy, nutty, garlicky, and delicious. Plus, adds just a bit of texture.
- Flaky Sea Salt: used to give us that deliciously salty taste! Might be optional if you use pre-salted pretzel buns or bread OR if your everything seasoning has salt already in it.
- Chili Flake (Optional): gives a little heat and spice
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 375F Degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- In a bowl, add melted butter, eggs, a bit of milk, garlic and Italian parsley. Mix until combined. Set aside.
- In another bowl, add cream cheese, shredded mozzarella, the rest of the whole milk and Italian parsley and pinch of chili flake. Beat together until combined using a hand mixer or by hand. Set aside.
- Cut pretzel buns into at least 4 equal wedges, but do not cut all of the way through.
- Fill a piping bag with the cream cheese mixture. Cut the tip off.
- Pipe the cream cheese mixture into the pretzel bun through the slices about ½ way full. Repeat with remaining buns.
- One bun at a time, dunk the bread into the garlic butter custard mixture until fully coated. Place onto the lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining buns.
- Sprinkle bread generously with flaky sea salt and everything bagel seasoning.
- Bake for 15 minutes or to your desires level of toasty-ness.
- Remove from oven and let them cool slightly. Enjoy hot/warm!
Recipe Notes
- What kind of pretzel bread buns did I use? I used 6 Pretzilla Soft Pretzel Burger Buns
- Can I make my own pretzel bread buns? Yes, for sure!
- How can I fill the rolls without a piping bag? Make your own piping bag by cutting the corner off of a plastic sandwich or gallon bag. It doesn’t have to be neat, it just has to work!
- Help, I don't have any everything bagel seasoning? You can either make your own everything bagel seasoning using this recipe from Love & Lemon or you could just top it with sesame seeds or poppyseeds or nothing at all.
- How do I store leftover bread? Store in an airtight container in the fridge for a 1-2 days.
- How do I reheat leftover bread? Microwave for 30 seconds - 1 minute until hot.
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Korean Inspired Everything Cheesy Garlic Pretzel Bread
Ingredients
- 6 pretzel burger buns
- everything bagel seasoning, for topping
- flaky sea salt, for topping*
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese I used thick cut for extra cheese pull
- 2 tablespoon whole milk
- 2 tablespoon italian parsley, chopped
- pinch chili flake optional
Garlic Butter Custard
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup whole milk
- 2 teaspoon minced garlic, or more if you desire
- 2 tablespoon italian parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 375F Degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.
- In a bowl, add melted butter, eggs, a bit of milk, garlic and Italian parsley together. Mix until combined. Set aside.
- In another bowl, add cream cheese, shredded mozzarella, the rest of the whole milk and Italian parsley and pinch of chili flake. Beat together until combined using a hand mixer or by hand. Set aside.
- Cut pretzel buns into at least 4 equal wedges (I followed the lines on the pretzel rolls), but do not cut all of the way through.
- Fill a piping bag with the cream cheese mixture. Cut the tip off.
- Pipe the cream cheese mixture into the pretzel bun through the slices about ½ way full.
- One bun at a time, dunk the bread into the garlic butter custard mixture until fully coated. Place onto the lined baking sheet. Repeat with remaining buns.
- Sprinkle bread generously with flaky sea salt and everything bagel seasoning.
- Bake for 15 minutes or to your desires level of toasty-ness.
- Remove from oven and let them cool slightly. Enjoy hot/warm!