Party Bread

Ingredients:

1 sourdough bread loaf, unsliced
8 oz monterey jack cheese, sliced
1/2 c. margarine, melted
1/2 c. green onion, chopped
2-3 tsp. poppy seeds

Preheat oven to 350. Cut the bread lengthwise and crosswise without cutting through the bottom crust. Insert cheese slices between cuts. Combine margarine, green onion and poppy seeds; drizzle over the bread. Wrap loaf in foil, place on cookie sheet. Bake 15 minutes, then uncover and bake an additional 10-15 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

This is always a hit at get-togethers. It can be made up ahead of time and kept in the fridge until you're ready to bake it and serve it. The bread you start with is already baked and you're adding some fabulous ingredients and it looks like you went to a lot of trouble. To make preparing it easier, I use an electric knife to make the cross-cuts in the bread. Once it is baked and the cheese is all melted and gooey with the green onions and poppy seeds, you just pull a piece out and eat it. You can put a fork or a knife out with it to help people pull portions off the loaf easier. So yummy!