Black Pepper Bread

Good With: Everything
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 5 to 8 minutes
Cost: 20¢ per roll
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This recipe was inspired by the creamed black pepper butter we used while making Chicken Escalopes with Lemon and Prosciutto. The pepper butter added a ton of flavor to that recipe, and we figured spreading it on bread and baking it in the oven would produce a tasty alternative to garlic bread. It turns out, we were right. Like, really, really right. Like, I want to brag to everyone I know how I invented this great new pepper bread that’s going to sweep the nation just like garlic bread did… Whenever that happened. Try this bread. Seriously. If you love pepper, you’ll love it, and you’ll find yourself starting to use it in place of plain rolls or garlic bread as a side dish. It also makes a great stand alone snack because it takes less than 15 minutes to make, and who doesn’t always have butter, pepper and bread around?

Ingredients

Makes: 4 slices

4 dinner rolls (any style)
1 tbs softened butter
fresh ground black pepper

Preparation Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375° F
2. Cream together butter and a generous amount of pepper.
3. Slice rolls in half and spread pepper butter on to each.
4. Put rolls directly on middle oven rack and back for 5 to 8 minutes, until butter is melted and top is golden brown.
5. Remove from oven and serve immediately.

Yaaaaaaargh: These can be made with any type of bread. Rolls, slices of baguette, hot dog buns, you name it and pepper butter will work its magic. Everyone’s oven is different, so make sure to check on these after a few minutes. Be heavy handed with your pepper. Just like garlic bread can never have too much garlic, pepper bread can never have too much pepper.