Cheese & Garlic Braid

Another Gooseberry Patch cookbook find. This seems so simple to make!

• Ready In: 27 mins
• Yields: 1 loaf

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons butter
• 2  garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 11  ounces  refrigerated  French bread dough
• 2  tablespoons fresh chives or 2  tablespoons green onions, chopped
• 2  tablespoons  grated parmesan cheese

Directions

1. Melt butter over medium heat in a small skillet. Add garlic; saute 30 seconds or until golden. Remove from heat; stir in garlic powder.
2. Unroll dough onto a lightly floured surface; brush with garlic mixture and sprinkle with chives or onion and cheese.
3. Cut dough into 3 strips; roll each strip into a rope shape and braid the strips together.
4. Place on a baking sheet coated with nonstick spray.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 17 minutes or until golden.
6. Serve warm.