Garlic Parmesan Pull Apart Bread
Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day, or weekly Sunday dinner with the family, everyone dives for the tantalizing dinner rolls on the table.
Although I’m all in with holiday roasts and main dishes, it’s often the side dishes that make The Meal extra amazing. I have plenty of friends who go for the sides before the roast and I don’t blame them. A basket of soft pillowy dinner rolls always vanishes in a snap.
That doesn’t mean you have to spend an entire day kneading and proofing dough. Nor does it mean you have to remember to pre-order those dinner rolls from the bakery. This easy pull-apart dinner rolls recipe is the happy medium. It’s the best time-saving hack for making melt-in-your-mouth Parmesan Garlic Pull-Apart Bread Rolls you’ll ever taste.
These savory pull-apart dinner rolls are so good, expect them to disappear in a flash. You might want to make a double batch if you’ve got a hungry group.
Frozen rolls with from-scratch flavor
These Parkerhouse Rolls will save you precious amounts of time. Plus, they taste unbelievably awesome and people absolutely will believe you must have worked all day on these Parmesan Garlic Pull-Apart Bread Rolls. People will have zero clue as to how easy this really was for you to pull off. They’ll think you busted out big time elbow grease. We won’t tell.
I love the Parkerhouse Rolls for their flavor and ease of use. Just defrost, brush with butter, and place in desired baking dish to let the rolls rise. It couldn’t be simpler.
Tips for how to make Parmesan Garlic Pull-apart Bread Rolls
- Let frozen Parkerhouse Rolls defrost first, according to package instructions
- Allow for the rise time to ensure the fluffiest, yummiest dinner rolls. Keep in mind the actual rise time is directly related to your room temperature.
- Parmesan Garlic Butter mixture can be made ahead of time and covered/chilled until ready to use; simply warm up and brush on rolls when ready to use
- A 9-10′ springform pan with removable bottom makes it super easy to slide pull-apart bread onto your serving plate. However, a tube pan or bundt pan will work as long as you let the bread rolls cool enough to pull away from the sides of pan (for easy removal)
- If you’re lucky enough to have leftovers, they are undeniably delish the next day. Just reheat and eat. But don’t count on having leftovers.
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- How to Make Olive Garden Breadsticks – actually, these are better than O.G. breadsticks
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This homemade rosemary bread is just like your favorite restaurant loaf:

Parmesan Garlic Pull-Apart Bread Rolls
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 25 min
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 24 1x
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
These Parmesan Garlic Pull-Apart Bread Rolls are so irresistible, you’ll want to make a double batch if you’re having people over. It’s the perfect easy side to go with any meal.
Ingredients
- 1 package (24ct) frozen yeast dough rolls, such as Bridgford Parkerhouse
For Parmesan Garlic Mixture:
- 1 cup very finely grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup melted butter, plus more for topping at end
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp table salt
Instructions
- Defrost Parkerhouse Rolls according to package instructions. (Tip: I thaw mine on a rimmed, greased sheet pan and cover with another rimmed sheet pan.)
- Prepare Parmesan Garlic Mixture: In a bowl, combine all mixture ingredients and stir to incorporate. When rolls are thawed, dip each roll ball into mixture to coat well.
- Tightly arrange dough balls into the bottom of greased springform pan with removable bottom – snugly nestle them into a single layer. Brush any remaining butter mixture onto the top of rolls. Place springform pan onto a rimmed baking sheet. Cover and let rise in a moderately warm, draft-free space until dough is doubled in size, about 2 hours.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350F with rack on lower middle position. Place risen dough in springform pan (still on rimmed baking sheet) in oven; bake 25-30 minutes or until nicely browned on top – watch carefully and cover with foil if top starts to brown too quickly before rolls are done.
- Brush rolls with additional melted butter, if desired. Remove sides of pan. Serve immediately.
Notes
If using a tube pan or bundt pan, follow same instructions but adjust baking time if needed. Rolls may need to cool enough for sides to pull away from pan before inverting the pan for easy removal.
If you enjoyed this recipe, please come back and give it a rating ♡
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: Garlic Bread, Parmesan Bread, Garlic Parmesan Bread, Dinner Rolls, Pull apart bread
I was planning on making spaghetti this weekend, and these rolls are going to be perfect to go with it. Nothing beats cheese, garlic, and bread.
Yaaas! I love this idea. Anything to make life a bit easier I say. We don’t have these in the UK, but we must have something similar. I’m going to try this out at the weekend.
OH MY WORD!!! CHEESE HEAVEN!!!
OH MY–these sound absolutely scrumptious! I don’t know anyone who would refuse one or three of these..
Sounds and looks so delicious! Anything involving cheese and garlic gets a mega tick of approval in my book 🙂
This recipe is absolutely being added to my Thanksgiving weekend list! Talk about delicious!!!
looks so good and easy to make
Oh wow!! this is such a great idea! this would be paired great with a pasta! yum!!!
This looks so good! <3_<3
It sounds tasty but how much time it takes to become tasty?
It looks it is worth a try. How much time approximately it takes to become fluffy?
These have got my mouth watering! I absolutely love parmesan and garlic and these look so good! Definitely giving these a try soon!
Parmesan and garlic work lovely together. I really like it and like it a lot. It is awesome with bread too even though I barely eat it
I know this is super good! Would love to taste it!
This looks so good and yummy! x
Laura
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Oh so yum! This would make the perfect addition to the menu this festive season.
Yum! Those rolls look so delicious! They’d go perfectly with soups and stews! Can’t wait to try this recipe out!
I love bread a lot and this is such a winner bread recipe for me and I will def try to make this for my kids.
This Parmesan Garlic Pull-Apart Bread does look irresistible. These would be so perfect to add to the Thanksgiving and Christmas table this year. I’d love to try this topping brushed on some whole wheat rolls.
I shouldn’t have read this when I was hungry! These look so absolutely delicious! I love all things carbs and flavorful.
Bread is my downfall, especially the kind you can snitch pieces of with your fingers! This looks so delicious.
I need to try this. I have a whole bag of shredded parm just sitting here….
Pull apart bread is soo good. It’s perfect when guests are over for holidays too.
This is so delicious and looks so easy prepare. I would love to try this as I love to try to bake new recipe like this.
o gosh! It looks insanely delicious! I am totally pinning this recipe for later – thank you!
Wow, I have never tried to make a garlic bread rolls and this recipe looks really delicious and easy.
I will try to make this for my kids, thanks for sharing!
Talk about my krytonite. I love bread an and all its butter and garlicky deliciousness.
Instructions are right on loint. I love garlic parmesian bread; nread in genral period. Will definitively try this one
These look absolutely amazing. I will be trying next week with some spaghetti!
This looks soooo delicious!!! 5 STARS!!! Thank you so much for sharing.
How yummy does this look! It also looks super easy to make. I will have to keep this recipe for future get togethers!
Oh my gosh this looks amazing!!!! Thank you so much for sharing, I’m looking forward to making this for my family!!
First off! The Cheeseeeee! That looks amazinggg!
wow, i will surly backed it soon .. nice recipes even nicely explain too
Anything with garlic would be my favorite so this bread suit me well. This is going to be a great snack for children.
Yummmmm this looks way too good! I’m going to need to give this a try.
I love eating bread a lot and this one looks so delicious, I would love to try this at home.
Oh my goodness these look so yummy and not too hard to make! My family would love these!
Just seeing the picture has me swooning! This looks like a bread made in heaven, oh my gosh!
Yum this recipe looks so delicious! We can’t wait to make it ourselves.
This bread is seriously soooooo good! Everyone in the house loved it!
These actually look yummy 🙂 I love garlic bread as it is! You also made it look super easy to make. May have to give this a go at some point 🙂
Pull apart bread is such a temptation for me. I love bread and I am a snacker, so this is a perfect recipe for me!
These could be a meal in themselves served with a tasty marinara sauce. It looks delicious and easy to boot. Thanks for sharing.
it really sounds like a very tasty food. Garlic is my favorite. We can’t wait to make it ourselves.
I love garlic bread and it couldn’t be more perfect than in little pull-apart bites. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
These pull apart bread rolls sound absolutely amazing! My kids will enjoy the fun finger food aspect. I’ll have o add this to our meal plan next week with a pasta dish.
Bookmarking that one! Cheese and Bread are my two weaknesses.
Gha…I can taste these…the tasty garlic…and the rolls yummy
Oh my gosh! The cooked bread looks so soft and fluffy! Just the picture is making me drool a bit!
Oh wow. Adding these to my meal plan right now!
Thank you, Kim!
Perfect! I have new bread recipe to make for today and I am sure that this one is delicious! Thank you!
★★★★★
You’re welcome! 🙂
Yummy! Love anything garlic! Will have to try this!
I’m with you on the garlic!
Oh my goodness!! The cooked food looks so good!!
This has everything I Love in it. PARMESAN GARLIC PULL-APART BREAD ROLLS. Wow.
Yes, all the good stuff 🙂
Oh my God these look amazing!
Thanks, Jazmin!
These bread rolls look absolutely delicious.
Thank you, Sarah.
these are so very drool worthy!! thanks the recipe
you’re so welcome!
Yum! This looks so good!
Thank you!