Bloomin’ Cheese Bread

Submitted by our Reader’s Kitchen Week One Winner: Brenda Baker

Ingredients:

• 1 round loaf of King Hawaiian Bread
• 1-8 oz. package of shredded cheddar cheese
• -8 oz. package shredded swiss cheese
• 1 1/2 sticks butter
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 2 tablespoons onion flakes

Directions:

1. Cut across the top of the bread down to the tin pie pan level with a serrated knife.  Then turn the pan and cut down the opposite way so it looks like a checkerboard.  Place the bread (still in the pie pan) on a cookie sheet.
2. Mix together 1-8 oz. package of shredded cheddar cheese and 1-8 oz. package shredded swiss cheese ( You can use slab cheese – just cut it into slices) and you can use cheeses of your choice.  Put the cheese down into the bread where it has been sliced.
3. Melt together 1 1/2 sticks butter
4. Mix together and pour over the top of the bread and cheese.  Bake at 350 degrees for  30 minutes.  Serve warm.