Double Cheese and Rosemary Pull Apart Bread

from: http://honestcooking.com/double-cheese-rosemary-pull-apart-bread/

I've always wanted to try to make a pull-apart bread, and this is the one I decided try! Mine didn't come out as beautiful as the one on Honest Cooking, but it was tasty all the same!

Dough:

2 tablespoons sugar, divided

2¼ tsp active dry yeast

¼ cup hot water

3 cups flour

½ tsp salt

¼ cup butter

⅓ cup milk

2 eggs

2 tablespoons finely chopped rosemary

Filling:

¼ cup butter, melted

2 garlic gloves, minced

1 cup grated cheddar cheese

⅓ cup grated parmesan cheese

1. In a small bowl, mix ½ tablespoon of sugar, yeast, and hot water. Stir and set aside for about 10 minutes to allow yeast to activate. It should get nice and puffy.
2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the rest of the sugar, salt, milk, and melted butter, eggs, rosemary, and yeast.
3. Use a wooden spoon to gradually stir in the flour, 1 cup at a time. Keep stirring until the dough comes away from the edge, at least a good 2. The dough will be a bit sticky.
4. Place the ball of dough in a large greased bowl, and cover it with a clean dish towel.
5. Let rise in a warm place for an hour, or until doubled in size.
6. Deflate the dough, and knead in a tablespoon or two of flour depending on the stickiness of the dough.
7. Let rest for 5 minutes.
8. Mix together melted butter and garlic, and set aside.
9. Roll dough out on a floured surface to create a rectangle about 12"x20" This will be a bit hard since the dough doesn't want to stretch easily. You'll get there!
10. Spread garlic butter mixture onto the dough, be generous with the butter. Sprinkle evenly with cheeses.
11. Cut dough into 6 short strips (a pizza cutter is a good idea).
12. Stack them on top of each other, and then cut into 4 or 5 more strips depending on how wide you rolled your dough.
13. Carefully stack strips into a greased 9"x5" loaf pan. If it's a really tight fit, then leave out a few strips, and bake them in a mini loaf pan.
14. Let the dough rise for another 30 minutes.
15. Sprinkle a bit of extra cheese on top if you'd like.
16. Bake at 350° degrees for 30-35 minutes.
17. If your loaf starts getting super brown before the 30 minutes are up, place a piece of tinfoil over the top of the loaf to keep it from getting any darker.
18. Let cool slightly, and serve warm!