North Woods Inn Garlic Cheese Bread

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May 13, 2009 by Stephanie Manley, Last Updated May 26, 2021 13 Comments

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North Woods Inn Garlic Cheese Bread is rich, soft, and gooey. You can recreate this magic at home.

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Cheesy Garlic Bread Spread

The North Woods Inn Garlic Cheese Bread is legendary. Everyone loves this cheesy garlic bread. It is made with a delicious garlic cheese spread on thick-sliced French bread.

My copycat Clearmans cheese spread recipe makes a large amount, so feel free to cut it in half.

This cheesy garlic bread spread stays fresh in your refrigerator for two weeks. It may not last that long though!

Recipe Ingredients

Here’s a list of what you need:

Grated Cheddar cheese
Grated Romano cheese
Butter
Garlic powder
Hungarian sweet paprika
Tabasco sauce
Worcestershire sauce
French or sourdough bread

How to Make North Woods Inn Garlic Cheese Bread

Combine all ingredients except the bread with a mixer or food processor.
Spread the cheese mixture on the bread slices.
Place the cheese-covered slices on a baking sheet.
Lightly sprinkle sweet paprika on top of the cheese bread.
Broil until the cheese is lightly browned and bubbly.
You can wrap the garlic cheese bread in foil to keep warm.

Please Note

Some people feel this is a copycat and others do not. I have had various folks letting me know where they stand on both sides of the equation. Please try this tasty garlic bread with this in mind.

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Course: Breads

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cheesy Garlic Bread, Garlic Bread, Garlic Cheese Bread

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Ingredients

1 pound grated Cheddar cheese
2 ounces grated Romano cheese
1½ pounds butter at room temperature
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon Hungarian sweet paprika plus more for sprinkling
4 drops Tabasco sauce
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 loaves French or sourdough bread sliced

Instructions

Combine all ingredients except the bread with an electric mixer or in a food processor.
Spread the cheese mixture generously on the bread slices.
Place the cheese-covered slices on a baking sheet.
Lightly sprinkle sweet paprika on the cheese bread.
Broil until the cheese is browned and bubbly.
Wrap the garlic cheese bread in foil to keep warm.

Notes

This recipe may be halved.

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About Stephanie Manley

I recreate your favorite restaurant recipes, so you can prepare these dishes at home. I help you cook dinner, and serve up dishes you know your family will love. You can find most of the ingredients for all of the recipes in your local grocery store.

Stephanie is the author of CopyKat.com's Dining Out in the Home, and CopyKat.com's Dining Out in the Home 2.

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Nancy
May 21, 2023 at 1:20 am
This isn’t even close to the recipe of Northwoods Inn cheese spread. I’ve read most of the recipes for this that people post and most all of you have the same recipe/ingredients. And no one at all has gotten the whipped texture of their margarine spread. I live maybe a 1000 feet from one of the Northwoods Inns, I think all the time of going over there and asking about the whipped texture, but I know they wouldn’t say.
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- Kathy
  December 4, 2023 at 6:04 pm
  
  Been obsessed with this bread (and their cabbage salad) for decades. This recipe is close. Can’t vouch for the quantities as haven’t tried this recipe (just looking for authentic ingredients.) Clearman’s do not use butter, but margarine. It is whipped to acquire the light, fluffy texture. There are methods for this found on the internet. They use sourdough bread, which they used to sell at the restaurant in San Gabriel along with the spread. It was not thick sliced, just good quality. Also, tabasco sauce is not listed on the container of spread that can be purchased at some markets in Southern California. The purchased spread also does not have large shreds of cheddar, so maybe use smaller holes of a grater. I loved to put their cabbage salad on the cheese bread. What a treat! I’ve perfected that recipe too!
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Renee
November 21, 2020 at 6:59 pm

This taste just like the clearmans original cheese spread. I buy. 1 container cost almost $8 and I made 3 containers same size with this recipe. Thanks for the great recipe.
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SHARYN
September 22, 2020 at 7:39 am

I use to eat at he NorthWoods Inn , in Southern California all the time. I always ordered the Red Cabbage salad and cheese bread. I am sorry to say this recipe for the cheese bread isn’t even in the ball park.
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Linda
August 24, 2020 at 3:40 pm
Look for Bill’s bleu cheese dressing recipe (switch the mayo and sour cream measurements); make that, toss with iceberg lettuce and serve with that red cabbage recipe listed here. Pretty identical.
I’ll try this butter mixture but I tried one before that wasn’t even close and was so disappointed. We usually have to bring a bunch back in our checked luggage when we go for a visit and then store in our freezer. 🙁
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Beth R. of Southern California
June 7, 2019 at 3:58 pm

Not sure who this alleged former employee is, but he’s dead wrong about the ingredients in this recipe. I have a container of Clearman’s spread in my fridge. Those ingredients are *quite* different.
This recipe may yield tasty bread, but it’s not even close to Clearman’s.
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- Bill Murray
  December 2, 2019 at 9:37 am
  I too have the spread as well, and sorry to say it too is not close as to what you actually get at Northwoods Inn. So I am going to try this recipe and we will see..
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Jim Fehr
March 12, 2015 at 6:14 pm

So, someone finally got one of Clearman’s recepies correct. The cheese bread recepie above is correct, although it is missing the “key fact” that you must use non-enriched, regular sliced (not thick – apx. 1/4″ thick) hearty italian or french bread in order for it to come out right. I worked at the Covina location for 4 years, and except for the actual amounts of each ingredient, I know for sure the list of ingredients is correct. I prefer more Romano and a bit more tobasco, but that’s just my tatse.
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- Candy
  February 19, 2017 at 9:31 am
  Any chance you could recreate the creamy blue cheese salad dressing for us? I would be most grateful. I moved to WA and miss that so much
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- Kathy Miller
  October 26, 2017 at 9:58 pm
  
  Would love the blue cheese and red cabbage salad recipes! We moved out of the area and don’t get back to “The Woods” often enough!
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  - Aislinn
    August 4, 2020 at 11:05 am
    
    The Red Cabbage recipe is really easy. My husband says this is spot on!.
    The Red Cabbage of the Northwoods Inn
    Active Work Time and Total Preparation Time: 15 minutes, plus 2 hours standing
    1/2 head red cabbage, cored
    1/2 cup oil
    1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
    3 tablespoons sugar
    2 teaspoons salt, or more to taste
    1 teaspoon seasoned salt
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
    1/4 teaspoon onion powder
    Shred the cabbage so it is irregular, with some fine and some coarse shreds, and place in a large nonaluminum bowl.
    Combine the oil, vinegar, sugar, salt, seasoned salt, pepper and onion powder. Add to the cabbage and mix well.
    Cover the salad and let stand several hours to allow the flavors to mellow and the cabbage to achieve a deep red color.
    6 to 8 servings. Each of 8 servings: 148 calories; 887 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 14 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 7 grams carbohydrates; 0 protein; 0.67 gram fiber.
- Jim B.
  January 21, 2018 at 3:42 pm
  Finally! Someone, In this case Jim Fehr, told us the bread. I’ve seen so many recipes calling for 1/2″ thick bread or thicker and, given I visit Northwoods for salad and bread every couple of weeks, know it’s thinner. 1/4″ thick non-enriched hearty Italian or French bread. Which do they use, Italian or French?
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Ali
January 22, 2011 at 10:33 pm

It is important to whip the butter until it is very light. This is a great recipe, but the picture looks nothing like how the actual finished result is (at the restaurant or when made at home).
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