Buffalo Bread (Cheese Bread)

Prep Time: 5 minutes | Cook Time: 2 minutes | Total Time: 7 minutes | Serves: 8 – 10

Recipe and photos updated 2.5.2026.

My family cracks me up. We enjoy one another and we enjoy life. We enjoy food, that’s a given. We come up with silly names for things. We quote lines from movies in funny circumstances. We have fun together.
The name for this bread actually came from my husband (you’d think one of the kids would have thought of this). We used to have bread often with meals when the kids were younger. Of course, the tops of bread loaves are not always rounded. Some have indentions from the shape and rise and baking that result in crevices and domes, etc…

So, somehow this particular bread on this particular night yielded an odd shape, that as my husband continued to look at it suspiciously, declared, “It looks like a buffalo?!” Thus, was born our Buffalo Bread.

The ingredients are not uncommon, and the bread takes only minutes from start to finish. The garlic powder makes it really aromatic and delicious.

Keep in mind that the ingredient amounts listed are approximate. If you plan to serve a lot of people, you’ll need more of each ingredient, and vice versa if you’re serving only a few or one person.

Other options for topping this bread is the addition of freshly cracked black pepper and/or a light sprinkling of herbs de Provence (without lavender). These are delicious also.

We serve this bread with most of our Italian/tomato based dishes because the bread soaks up sauces. Such a wonderful pairing. Mmmm.

Enjoy!