Cheesy Bacon PullApart Bread....

Each Super Bowl, our group of friends has a cook off.  You may remember last year the theme was Chili.  I entered my sweet potato black bean chili and ended up with the "better luck next time" award.  Something about chili needing meat or something.....

This year the theme was BACON!  There were so many delicious items entered.  I will need to eat only leafy greens for a week to help cleanse my blood!   My entry was Cheesy Bacon PullApart Bread.....and this year I did do better, taking 1st place!

Cheesy Bacon PullApart Bread
1 loaf crusty bread - sourdough, braided Italian etc
2tbs garlic powder
1stick melted butter
1tsp salt
1tsp pepper
3cups shredded mozzarella
1/2 cup chopped scallions
1 1/2 lbs cooked thick cut bacon chopped into pieces

Cut the bread into a cross hatch pattern where it is still connected on the bottom
Add the garlic, salt, pepper and scallions to the melted butter and drizzle over the bread
Stuff the cheese and bacon within the cuts of the bread
Bake at 400 until cheese is melted